On Fri, Oct 20, 2006 at 03:11:55AM -0400, Jude DaShiell wrote: > Always external otherwise it's time to buy a new computer after the next > lightning hit. Internal modems allow lightning inside computers. > External modems have a little wire and that can get hit and taken out and > give you a chance that lightning stops with modem and doesn't go inside > computer. Internal modems give you no chance that will not happen. I've > been told putting a basic bite knot into wiring breaks the straight path > lightning will need and can act to disrupt lightning as well. I would > have this tested before betting my computer on it first though. I've > found both boca and U.S.R. both far superior to zoom and those are the > three external modem brands I've tried so that's the extent of my wisdom > on modem brands and models. So far as the internal modem versus external > modem is concerned I've been there; done that, and the T-shirt I got cost > me $1,000.00 a few years back. > Odd. I had a computer with an internal modem that took a lightning hit. Popped out the old modem, popped in a new one and everything was working very nicely. The best solution, even better than (or in conjunction with) an external modem, is to get a surge protector that also protects the telephone line.
Regards, -Roberto P.S. I have also heard that if the baud rate is too high, you can tie your serial cable in a know to slow the bits down some. Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://people.connexer.com/~roberto http://www.connexer.com
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