🚀 go-pugleaf

Eye of the Storm wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 11:41:18 -0600, Tom E Arnold <tomea@execpc.com> wrote:
> 
> >Curt Shambeau wrote:
> >>
> >> Quite honestly, the winmodem may never work properly.  The whole
> >> concept behind the thing is flawed, and it was a serious black eye to
> >> USR for producing such a modem.  Having the computer's CPU do the
> >> data compression and error correction to save $10 in production costs
> >> was just plain ignorant.
> >>
> >Since after all keeping up with a 56K or even 28.8K data stream is such
> >an overwhelming burden for my 266Mhz processor. Do I get a black eye too
> >for being satisfied with my Winmodem?
> 
> No, you get one for buying a top notch system and putting a toy modem in it...  ;)
> 
When I did my last upgrade, I got motherboard, ram, vidio card and hard
drive. My backup selection was based on compatibility with my previous
tape drive, and I stayed with my previous modem and soundcard (32 bit
Soundblaster) both of which I had found satisfactory. Should I instead
have spent less on overall performance and bought a new modem?

TEA/