Thanks everyone!  I'm going to set that computer up at my elderly 
cousin's house, where I am staying every other night, so I can 
communicate from there.  I will have to plug one of these two "cards" 
into it; will probably use the Diamond.  There are no serial ports on 
it; it's all USB connections and some others I know next to nothing 
about.  I'll let everyone know how it goes.

Joyce in SE Ohio

On 3/14/2011 5:16 PM, Hachmeyer, Mr. Paul S. wrote:
> Joyce,
> Just to add something to Robert's info, I do have one of the external modems that he is referring to.  Mine (at least) requires a serial port on the computer for the connection, which is 9 pins sticking out of the computer.   Whether other versions connect with other cables, I don't know.  The two modems you have are probably internal cards and will connect to your phone line with a standard phone cord.  But if you decide to go external, make sure you have the proper connection available on your new pc.
> Paul Hachmeyer
>
>    Robert Lendrim wrote:
>
>
> Hi Joyce,
> I would guess that the word "accelerated" is just a marketing term of no importance.
> I recall using telephone modems in the early days and a lot of frustation was involved. Various companies were pushing their own technologies and a universal standard did not exist. Eventually the V.90 standard came into use and that made things much better.

                         PCBUILD's List Owners:
                      Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
                        Mark Rode<[log in to unmask]>