Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:32:09 -0700 From: Ludwig Pummer <ludwigp@sns.com> To: "Michael Waldrop" <mw96277@gte.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: US ROBOTICS WINMODEM Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970414181803.0081a660@mail.sns.com>
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At 05:16 AM 4/14/97 -0400, Michael Waldrop wrote: >Good morning, > > Is there now or in the future support for the internal US Robotics >Sportster Winmodem? US Robotics doesn't seem to have any support >for this modem in a Unix/BSD environment. > >Thank you, > >Mike Probably not. The reason you got your Winmodem so cheap (and the reason it's called the _Win_modem) is because it's mostly a software-controlled modem. They took out a few of the more expensive, hard-working chips, and made your computer's CPU do the work. That's why you need to load their special software and you need at least a Pentium to get high connect speeds. You're pretty much stuck with Windows. --Ludwig Pummer ----------------------------------------------------------------- ludwigp@sns.com ICQ UIN: 692441 http://chipweb.home.ml.org http://www.sns.com/~ludwigp <--^-- Updated 11/22/96 PGP Key & Geek Code available on web page
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