Negatives for external modems: -Size -Power supply -Two boxes -"clunkiness" -Room for end users to goof things up -Cost Bob Ammerman RAm Systems (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level software) ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Michaels To: Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [PIC]: Modem suggestions > Harold Hallikainen wrote: > >On Mon, 30 Oct 2000 06:58:27 -0500 Bob Ammerman > >writes: > >> PCI is _much_ more complicated than ISA. > >> > >> I'd avoid this like a plague! > >> > > > > And since ISA stuff is going away, we're stuck with expensive chipsets > >or modules when we want to integrate a modem into our product... > > > > > Several people have bad-mouthed the idea, but what the heck is the > big problem with interfacing the PIC with an "external" modem? > > They are more expensive than internal, and probably are "not" going > to go away in the near future, but this sure sounds 100X easier to > deal with than trying to tap an ISA or PCI bus edge connector. > RS-232 channel plus 2 or 3 handshakes. ??????????????? > > - danM > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics > > > > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics