← Back to context Comment by madaxe_again 2 days ago Winmodems. Bane of the Linux user’s existence at the time. 2 comments madaxe_again Reply spauldo 17 hours ago Yep. And nothing on the packaging to tell you this.Later on, there were modems that required a CPU with MMX instructions. Dealt with that a lot when I ran my short-lived computer shop.I made it a policy in '97 to only buy external modems. timbit42 1 day ago A decade after they went off the market I came across one still in the shrink wrap and gag gifted it to a couple of friends. Neither one wanted it for some reason. "Oh, gee, thanks". LOL!
spauldo 17 hours ago Yep. And nothing on the packaging to tell you this.Later on, there were modems that required a CPU with MMX instructions. Dealt with that a lot when I ran my short-lived computer shop.I made it a policy in '97 to only buy external modems.
timbit42 1 day ago A decade after they went off the market I came across one still in the shrink wrap and gag gifted it to a couple of friends. Neither one wanted it for some reason. "Oh, gee, thanks". LOL!
Yep. And nothing on the packaging to tell you this.
Later on, there were modems that required a CPU with MMX instructions. Dealt with that a lot when I ran my short-lived computer shop.
I made it a policy in '97 to only buy external modems.
A decade after they went off the market I came across one still in the shrink wrap and gag gifted it to a couple of friends. Neither one wanted it for some reason. "Oh, gee, thanks". LOL!