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Offline Citabria

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« on: February 24, 2002, 12:17:19 PM »
miss AH. can't wait to get online again and get shot down repeatedly after i get an isp and a modem.


need pci modem are there any decent ones around that are not crap winmodems?
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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2002, 12:21:08 PM »
I use the U.S Robotics Gaming Modem. It seems to work well. I've read that there are advantages to external modems but I can't recall what they are offhand.

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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2002, 12:26:44 PM »
Hey Mate !!

Hurry back i need a good flight leader who'll save my butt repeatedly :)

as for the Modem, i had an Elsa external.. it was the only thing i EVER plugged in and it worked straight away...

Cheers
Phil (DW6)
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2002, 12:50:48 PM »
Hey Fester, how's it going?
Your working on a flight rating... right?
What type?  How are job prospects looking?

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« Reply #4 on: February 24, 2002, 12:59:35 PM »
there's a few PCI modems out there that aren't crap winmodems.  look on pricewatch for "pci hardware modem" or "pci hardware controller modem."  You don't want "controller-less" modem.  If it supports DOS, Win3.x or Linux, it is a hardware modem and probably good to go.
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« Reply #5 on: February 24, 2002, 01:08:57 PM »
Hi! Salute! :)

They sell modems for like $20! :D :) :eek:

And PCI is the norm, can you believe it?!CAN YOU BELIEVE IT! NO? ME EITHER!!!! lol,   :D

Good luck buddy, I hope you find a PCI common harware device like a $20 modem, on sale for like$5. That's the norm.

COME BACK SOON! HURRY! THEY WILL HAVE AGP video cards soon, buy the V5500! WTG!
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« Reply #6 on: February 24, 2002, 01:11:54 PM »
If your motherboard is an older one and has an ISA slot,consider an ISA modem.

For whatever reason,they generally get lower pings then PCI modems.

With my last mobo,I got pings that were about 50 milliseconds lower across the board than the pings I got with the PCI modem.
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« Reply #7 on: February 24, 2002, 01:17:22 PM »
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Originally posted by Duckwing6
Hey Mate !!

Hurry back i need a good flight leader who'll save my butt repeatedly :)

as for the Modem, i had an Elsa external.. it was the only thing i EVER plugged in and it worked straight away...

Cheers
Phil (DW6)


Yeah, I use an Elsa external modem too and it's the best I've ever had!  Well recommended!  :)

Regards

Nexx
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« Reply #8 on: February 24, 2002, 01:20:07 PM »
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LOL!

I am always here.  Sometimes I wish I was there, but when I get there it turns out I'm here.

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« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2002, 01:22:04 PM »
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« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2002, 01:38:17 PM »
Hurry back, we're gettin rockets for the 190-f8 I heard somewhere... :)
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« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2002, 07:59:31 AM »
Fester

Im using Microcom External modem and I never ever had any problems with any Microcom modem before. Can only recomend it... ;)
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« Reply #12 on: February 25, 2002, 09:33:44 AM »
Hey fester

I used to use a good/cheap modem that gave me incredible ping times (90-120 ms to DHCP!!). This was 2 years ago and it was a ISA modem, i believe they come with a PCI interface now.

The modem was a "Best Data: Data/Fax". I only dropped 60$ on it at the time and im sure they are around 50$ now. Dont buy the US-robotics hype, they sell there name and are equaled buy several lesser known companies for half the cost.  All in all just ensure the modem you get is data and not a crappy windodem as you noted!

(if its displayed anywhere on the modem package details you certainly want to make sure that it has a good upload speed(close to download speed), most modems fall short in this department and that creates serious ploblems/lag for online gaming)
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« Reply #13 on: February 25, 2002, 10:28:52 AM »
Fester, go to Best Buy and get a US ROBOTICS 56k.

If it doesnt say its Winmodem on the box , get it. USR is the best modem brand there is.

Of course, you should be getting a CABLE MODEM, it costs the same as a modem + phone line. Check Time Warner or Adelphia in your area.

If all else fails, AOL has cable , they use the Time Warner lines..but heck, cable is cable, even if they got AOhell slapped on it.
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« Reply #14 on: February 25, 2002, 02:40:37 PM »
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Originally posted by Sox62
If your motherboard is an older one and has an ISA slot,consider an ISA modem.

For whatever reason,they generally get lower pings then PCI modems.

With my last mobo,I got pings that were about 50 milliseconds lower across the board than the pings I got with the PCI modem.



This is because most ISA modems have a hardware UART (a chip that handles buffering and stuff) while most PCI modems offload this stuff onto the processor (Winmodems are the most common name for these sorts of modems.)

It's a bit of a chore to find non-Winmodem PCI modems, but they do exist.  When we had to find one at the company I used to work at (it had to work with Linux) we went with the Zoom Telephonics model 2920.

Your best bet is to look for an on-board UART in the spec sheet, or, failing that, look for Linux support.

You could also get an external and avoid the problem entirely.
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