From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Dec 30 11:56:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA24904 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:56:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles147.castles.com [208.214.165.147]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA24885 for ; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:56:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA05378; Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:53:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812301953.LAA05378@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Alex Zepeda cc: "Louis A. Mamakos" , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PnP PCI modem In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:20:18 PST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:53:04 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Louis A. Mamakos wrote: > > > First of all, if you have a WinModem (e.g., a modem without a brain that > > relies on the system CPU to do a bunch of work), then you're just screwed > > and you should stop torturing yourself right now. > > Has anyone actually tried to get the specs for these winmodems? Seeing as > 3com is actually rather liberal with the release of their specs... It's not the specs themselves that are the problem, it's the free v42bis encoder (and all the other simulation crap) that prevents these from being really useful. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message