Re: winmodems

["Gregory W. Bondy" <gbondy MAELSTROM NET>]

Correct...  WinModems were designed for M$ windows.  
The reason they won't work without serious coding on 
any other operating system is the same reason they 
are so inexpensive.
A winmodem is essentially a 'dumb' modem, without 
the normal Modulate/Demodulate ramdac code chip 
onboard.  They are completely software 
driven by the operating system.

The moral to this story:  
WinModems are cheap.  You get what you pay for.


At 05:21 PM 6/30/97 -0700, Laslo Fodor wrote:
>Tom Burke wrote:
>
>> I have a couple of 33.6 winmodems I picked up to sell, & I wonder if
>> anyone has figured out how to make them work with linux??  I tried
>> once,
>> and it no-workee...  Does anyone know if it's possible, & if so, how??
>>
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>  My understanding is that those were nesigned or at least optimized for
>running under Windows 95. These are the lower end modems from US
>Robotics,a stripped down sprotster if you will. You may be able to get
>it to run but I do not feel they will run very reliably if at all. If
>you find out something different, please share it with us.
>
>Thanks and take care!
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