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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit and Virtual Modems
Date: 30 Aug 1995 13:55:27 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <DE3EDL.s5@world.std.com>,
Craig Werner <werner@world.std.com> wrote:
: A friend just purchased an AT&T Globalist Pentium 75 machine which has
: a virtual modem (DSP chip); that is, no physical UART is present. It
: recognizes Windows-based telecommunications programs, but not
: DOS-based ones, such as MS-DOS Kermit 3.14. AT&T Technical Support
: suggests that he buy an external modem.
:
They are right. AT&T "Controllerless modems", like RPI modems, are not
real modems at all. They depend on OS-specific drivers to work. There
is "no market" for such drivers for any OS except Windows, so don't
expect these modems ever to work outside Windows, and don't expect them
to work very well *in* Windows either. See the Kermit FAQ for a fuller
discussion:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/faq.html
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/faq.txt
- Frank