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On Thursday 29 March 2007 11:46, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> On Thu, March 29, 2007 16:48, James Knott wrote:
> > My ThinkPad R31 had a modem on a daughter board, shared with WiFi.  It
> > was a software modem that was supported in later versions of SUSE and
> > worked well.  Unfortunately, I lost that modem, when I upgraded the
> > WiFi.  However, there are single chip hardware modems available, but I
> > don't know how the cost compares.
>
> I have bought external (serial) hardware modems for as little as (the
> equivalent of) $25 USD.  This was 6 years ago.  Surely the manufacturing
> cost have come down by now?

You need an internal PS2 modem. It is of course the same modem it was 2 years 
or 4 years ago at the same price of course if you can find one.
>
> Agreed, still nowhere near as cheap as a winmodem, but would you be
> willing to pay $15 more for a notebook if it happens to have a hardware
> modem in?  I've only had to use my modem once in the last year and a half,
> but it would have been worth the money for that one time.
>
> Hans
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