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Re: Are real modem extincted ?
- To: Ely Levy <elylevy(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il>
- Subject: Re: Are real modem extincted ?
- From: Matan Ziv-Av <matan(at-nospam)svgalib.org>
- Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 18:58:11 +0200 (IST)
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- Reply-To: Matan Ziv-Av <matan(at-nospam)svgalib.org>
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On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Ely Levy wrote:
> Real modems..yea I forgot anything that linux didn't think about first
> isn't real?
A modem is a modulator-demodulator. as DSP-less "modem" does not
modulate, and does not demodulate, so can hardly be called a modem. This
is regardless of whether a driver for Linux or windows exists or not.
> winmodem is just another chip no better than the new intel mother boards
> that uses memory for the onboard screen card.
Of course the situation you describe, is indeed like a winmodem - a
compromise between price and performance. I think the trouble and
performance lose of an i810 chipset MB is not worth the price, so I have
another one. I also think that the troubles and performance lose of a
winmodem is not worth the price, so I want a real modem. The problem is
that unlike a MB, this is much harder to find.
--
Matan Ziv-Av. matan@svgalib.org
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