From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Aug 1 18:40:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id SAA10746 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 18:40:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id SAA10741 for ; Thu, 1 Aug 1996 18:40:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA27715; Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:16:52 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199608020146.LAA27715@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Supra 288i PnP To: Brett_Glass@ccgate.infoworld.com (Brett Glass) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:16:51 +0930 (CST) Cc: julian@ref.tfs.com, narf@netgate.net, hardware@freefall.freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9606198377.AA837775954@ccgate.infoworld.com> from "Brett Glass" at Jul 18, 96 07:52:13 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Brett Glass stands accused of saying: > > I've played with this modem, and I fear that Diamond -- like some other > hardware vendors who are particularly shortsighted -- has gone > Windows-specific. I would not expect support from them for any other OS. Just an observation here though, the _external_ version of this modem appears to be a good performer; it's small, runs cold, and whilst you'd have to use mgetty to make it useful as a dialin, it's _very_cheap_. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[