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Re: Tashika Modem - the Continuing Story, plus OS/2's Demise

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From: Tim Timmins
Date: Mon, 08 Dec 1997 00:00
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Tony Weddle wrote:
> 
> I finally got the Tashika modem working with OS/2.  I can only use SLIP and have
> to turn off VJ Compression but after that it seems to work fine.
> 
I doubt that this is to do with OS2. More likely to do with the new
modems that Demon are using and/or an IRQ conflict or similar at your
end.

> Now, having managed it, I find that IBM are ceasing further development on OS/2
> as a stand-alone system.  OS/2's only future seems to be in thin clients.  Some
> future.
> 
> Tony Weddle

This is FUD and has no basis in fact.

Regards,
Tim
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From: Tim Timmins <tim.timmins@bcs.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Tashika Modem - the Continuing Story, plus OS/2's Demise
Date: 1997/12/08
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