So it's customary to warn users of pic-heavy posts with "56K get lost" or whatever, but is this even pertinent anymore?<BR><BR>(I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't remember the last time.

While 56K bit/sec modems have been on the market since 1997, the wrangling continues over who deserves credit – and royalties – for the technology. Analog Devices, which makes modem chipsets, last ...

If you came of age in the 1990s, you’ll remember the unmistakable auditory handshake of an analog modem negotiating its connection via the plain old telephone system. That cacophony of screeches and ...