Date: 27 Oct 1999 19:27:33 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: winmodems Message-ID: <86r9ign4zu.fsf@localhost.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: Yiorgos Adamopoulos's message of "Tue, 26 Oct 1999 20:07:14 %2B0300" References: <19991026200714.A35496@dblab.ece.ntua.gr>
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Yiorgos Adamopoulos <adamo@dblab.ece.ntua.gr> writes:
> do they work with -STABLE?
>
> ...!ieee.org!adamo
The short answer is "No." The longer one is:
Winmodems, are lacking some essential hardware parts, which are implemented in
a special "driver" for Windows machines. This results in cheaper hardware,
but it makes for a lousy solution, because:
(1) it moves some of the processing load from the modem to your machine's CPU
(2) it makes it hard to use the specific modem in OSes that do not know what
the hell a .VXD file is all about.
The "real" solution: try buying a modem that is not so tied to using Windows.
--
Giorgos Keramidas, <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing." [Aristotle]
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