Considering my in-law's were still on dialup until about a year or so ago.... Even their DSL only pulls 5-700k...! Although at this point you'd be hard pressed to find a PC let alone a laptop with an RS-232 port it seems.<br>
<br>There's always a niche for something. I'd almost completely forgotten about dot matrix printers until I just bought a new car. The dealer still printed paperwork on a dot matrix printer since the impact is needed for the duplicate forms they use.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:26 PM, Ken MacLeod <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us">ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Matthew Nuzum <<a href="mailto:newz@bearfruit.org">newz@bearfruit.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> Is there any value in these modems? I see USR still sells them. I have one<br>
> that I used as a part of a router dating back almost 10 years. I'm skeptical<br>
> I'm going to find much need for it, especially considering I don't even have<br>
> a phone line any more.<br>
<br>
</div>After the recent events in Egypt, you never know. I'll probably keep mine.<br>
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