On 26 Aug 2001 11:55:01 -0500, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>>
>> > Don't go internal, buy an external modem instead.
>> --
>>   /\---/\  Eric J Fox
>>
>> What's wrong with an internal modem, as long as it has hardware controller, as
>> opposed to a Winmodem?
> that they are not compatible with anything. except old ISA ones which
> looks like another UART.
> 
> PCI modems doesn't look like puc/com - even the read ones

puc0 at pci0 dev 14 function 0: US Robotics (3Com) 3CP5609 PCI 16550 Modem (com)
com3 at puc0 port 0: interrupting at irq 11
com3: ns16550a, working fifo
 
Unmentioned advantage:
 No extra serial port required when both on-boards ports are taken.
 It's been easier to locate (real) pci modems than pci serial cards.

Unmentioned disadvantage of internal modems:
 You sometimes have to reboot the machine to reset the modem.

Note that I have never had to reset my 3CP5609. Works great, however,
I did have another ISA internal modem that occassionally required
that the host be rebooted to reset it.