what is best (stable) pcmica ethernet/faxmodem?

Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de)
Sat, 5 Jun 1999 22:38:32 +0200

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Hi,

On Sat, Jun 05, 1999 at 09:28:59AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote:
> I want to build a fax server and Samba printer server on a 486 laptop
> that only has one pcmcia slot.  So what combo card will give me the
> least headache?

I'd go for an external modem, if at all possible.  PCMCIA modems are
usually optimized for windows dial-up, not for fax.  Doesn't the laptop
have a serial port?

In any case, I use a 3com WorldPort 33.6 PCMCIA modem, and it works well.
I didn't do much fax testing with it, though.

gert
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