Re: 570 modem, etc.

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Sun Jun 06 1999 - 17:04:16 EDT


Richard..

richard wrote:

> At 02:27 PM 6/6/99 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
>
> >i don't like winmodems.. this is the only thing i don't like about the 570..
>
> I don't like them either. I would have gladly spent more for a real
> built-in modem. And built-in ethernet, for that matter.
>
> Nonetheless, I'd like to get it to waken from hibernate.
>
> >what is win98 "SE"..??
>
> Second Edition. The soon to be officially released collection of bug fixes
> for win98. Plus "Internet Connection Sharing," allowing you to share your
> internet connection with other machines.
>

oh.. :-)

> >relax, its under warranty for 3 years..! :-)
>
> I *guess* that should be comforting.
>

it will at least blunt any pain from a case of sudden infant death (chip type)..

> >i've had many, many drives and they can be noisier or not, depending..
> >depending on what, i'm not sure, but altitude at time of manufacture and
> >current
>
> My experience too. I recently went through three supposedly identical
> drives for my office desktop until I got one with an acceptable noise
> level. Alas, that's harder for me to do here. I wonder if I could get it
> replaced under warranty? Not that it's very loud, but sometimes it makes a
> very annoying high pitched sound. At least it doesn't make a loud head
> parking noise (or was it thermal re-calibration) like a Toshiba drive I had
> a few years ago.

the newest IBM drives "clink" when you shake one (prior to inserting and using
it) and make clinking noises when in operation..
some have called the noise a 5.1gig (when these were the newest thing) makes
"gurgling"...

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