to whoever I was talking about modem noises with: I got mine out and it has a little volume wheel on the side so you can make handshake as loud or quiet as you want.

you can also tell Windows to keep the speaker muted all the time, if you prefer

I have a big list of numbers that miiight work and the only way to find out which ones is just go down the list and see which ones have a modem on the other end and not nothing or a voice mail system or a person