what is best (stable) pcmica ethernet/faxmodem?

Hank Barta (hbarta@hbarta.ip.wwa.com)
Sat, 5 Jun 1999 20:20:52 -0500

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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?

    The support chips typical of some 486 laptops (at least my old
    IBM 750Cs) did not support a buffered UART, making it difficult
    to use higher data rates.