In the near future, the asynchronous modem will continue to be an important means of transferring information to and from the personal computer. By some estimates, more than 60 percent of people who access the Internet do so with a conventional dial-up modem and a connection to an analog telephone line (www.boardwatch.com). You may be connecting to a bulletin board system (BBS) through a piece of communications software or you may be using the Windows NT� Remote Access Service (RAS) to dial out to your Internet Service Provider (ISP)............