Re: When a modem is not a modem

[Bill Ries-Knight <brk@slip.net>]

The thinking for a thread was more to help determine when $70 buys a full hardware
<a/d -- d/a> device and when it buys a non hardware based device.  the market is
becoming saturated, and even I have problems with some vendors on this issue.  It
is kinda important when you buy something NEW to you.

Bill

the next to last of the red-hot fakirs wrote:

> On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Bill Ries-Knight wrote:
>
> >fwiw..
> >The TELEPORT is actually a WIN MODEM.
> >It is part of a Windows=only class of
> >modems.  Can we start a thread on these
> >and similar devices?
>
> The estimate I've seen is that these devices are %80 software, and due to
> lack of motivation on the developers' part, they won't be supported
> anytime soon.
>
> IMHO, there's not much point of starting a thread on these here.  Trying
> to operate them with Linux is, unfortunately, not currently possible.
>
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