Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 10:25:14 -0500 (EST) From: Bob K <melange@yip.org> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: OT: USR Couriers (was Re: Warner's PCI Modem Driver) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10001271012200.89768-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <20000127020527.C29922@pir.net>
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On Thu, 27 Jan 2000, Peter Radcliffe wrote: > Dan Zerkle <zerkle@home.com> probably said: > > I believe that they were bought by 3COM a few years back. I also > > believe that they *invented* winmodems, so be careful. > > Pretty much, yes. I'd like to note that their first Winmodems did, in fact, have a hardware DSP, and there were various hacks involving their win3.1 driver to get it working under DOS. (I wasn't using UNIX [beyond shell accts] back then) We have PCTel to thank for making the first software DSP modems. > > That said, the modem I got from them was just fine. I did have to > > revert to Windows to flash its ROM's, though. > > I am a _big_ fan of external USR couriers, their top of the line modem. > > They are _not_ cheap, but for me they are worth it because of the > saved hassle because they pretty much just work and being flash > upgradable essentially forever (14.4k couriers can be upgraded to > V.90). > > I like the external models since I can move them between machines > easily (and use them on non-PCs) as well as being able to reset them > without rebooting the machine. > > Never bought another modem ... Totally agreed. My Courier v.Everything started off with v.34, and has since progressed through v.34+, X2, and v.90. It's the only piece of equipment I have that's 4 years old and is in no way obsolete. (Well, until I get DSL or cable again, which is several months away) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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