On Thu, 16 Nov 2017 00:25:01 -0600, (Ant) wrote:

wrote:

My Sportsters (I have two of them) are both V92. External Serial cable
types.
I had another one that was V90, and I did not notice any difference
beween the V90 and V92. But that V90 one died.

I'm looking on ebay at a NEW Supra Express 56K ITU standard.

Also an external serial modem.

The box says "Shotgun ready for speeds up to 112K
Voicemail, Internet and Fax
56K ITU standard V90 and K56Flex.".

I dont know what ITU means....
It is V90, but what is K56Flex?
Is that better than just V90?

And what about that "Shotgun Ready"?
I know there are some people online who I'd like to shoot, but I'm not
into murdering anyone online by pulling the trigger on my modem. LOL

Seriously what does the shotgun ready mean?

Shotgun is combining two dial-up modems on two different copper phone
lines. http://www.modemhelp.net/faqs/shotgun.shtml for its details.


That wont do me any good. I only have one phone line.

Like I said, I am considering buying another brand of modem. I hear that
Supra is one of the better brands. BUt if it's just anoither V90, isnt
that gonna work the same as my Sportster?

I noted that these Supra ones sell for a lot more than the USR sportster
modems sell for on Ebay. The cheapest one I found is $30 (but its NEW
and still in the box). Most of the Sportsters sell for $15 to $20, but
most are USED.

Wow, I remember Supra. I think I had its 28.8k external modem I bought
from my college roommate, but its connection sucked with 16800 speed.

All the slower modems sucked. Not that the 56K always worked well
either.

Whats a real joke is that there are sellers trying to sell 1200 baud
Supra modems for $90. Who in their right mind would even want a 1200
baud modem, much less pay that much for one?

Were they brand new and unopened?

I dont know. I did not open the pages. It takes 10 or 15 min to open
each ebay page. I only open stuff I am real interested in.


There are a lot of Supra modems selling that are USB type, but I cant
use them on my Win98 machine, so I wont buy a USB type.

I tried a couple winmodems at work. Dang they suck. Also, they don't
work under a Mac Mini's Mac OS X v10.9. (no driver).

I dont want a Winmodem. As far as I understand, they are always internal
modems anyhow, and I will never use another internal modem. I had far
too many problems with them in the past.

Also, I do have a very basic install of an old 2009 version of PcLinux,
which is the only Linux I have ever liked. It's almost like Win98.
(After 2009, they made it bloated and very slow).
But someday I do want to try to connect a modem to it. I know I cant use
a Winmodem on Linux.