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Article #1Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me
From: Richard Steiner
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00
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Here in linux.redhat.misc, "Peter Heffner" <pheff@bluemoon.net>
spake unto us, saying:
>The LinModem (or not real modem is on the way). Maybe this will quiet
>down the Linux radical who appear to have less comput knowledge than a
>MS Windows wanabee and half the computer experiance.
There is no way that I will ever recommend such a modem to a friend,
coworker, client, or anyone else. The idea of stealing CPU cycles for
doing modem emulation is ludicrous when inexpensive hardware-only
solutions exist.
Not only are you using CPU for something best used elsewhere (IMhO),
but even with the PC-TEL modem you are limited to Windows and Linux.
Why place yourself (or your clients) under such restrictions?
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> rsteiner@visi.com >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux + BeOS + FreeBSD + Solaris + WinNT4 + Win95 + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
I am he as you are me and we are all together
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