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internet hardware: Does your modem measure up?
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No man is an island, especially if he's got a computer with a
modem. A modem is the magic box of technical trickery that enables
computer to speak to computer. Sitting at home with your PC, all
you need is a modem and a telephone line to connect to the Internet
and online systems such as CompuServe and the Microsoft Network.
What a modem (the word is derived from MOdulator DEModulator)
does is to convert the digital signals produced by your computer
into audio ones that can be sent dow...
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