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- From: JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: new sportster winmodem
- Date: Wed, 10 Jan 1996 18:15:54 GMT
- Organization: The Navas Group of Dublin, CA, USA
- Message-ID: <4d0vn0$48n@news2.aimnet.com>
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- [Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- John Hurst <jdhurst@io.org> wrote:
-
- >JNavas@NavasGrp.com (John Navas) wrote:
- >>[Posted to comp.dcom.modems]
- >>nuge@ct.med.ge.com (James A. Nugent) wrote:
- >>
- >>>In article <...> Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox) writes:
- >>>> its probably not a good idea to buy the new Sportster WINMODEM but
- >>>> for the hell of it I'll post the annoucement here.
- >>>>
- >>>> the new sportster winmodem requires WINDOWS or WINDOWS
- >>>> or windows 3.11
- >>
- >>>What a strange thing! How can you make a modem that works with a
- >>>specific OS. Is it internal, using a bizarre not-serial port
- >>>interface. Must be pretty unconventional. ...
- >>
- >>It is. The control logic runs under Windows as a driver, and it does not
- >>use a UART interface.
-
- >Thanks, John. I wish people would *not* buy these cheap modems which
- >depend on software for their functionality. All the really happens is
- >that many questions starting popping up in all kinds of support news
- >groups. Please purchase solid, hardware-oriented modems. They just
- >work *better*. My $0.02 ($0.01US) worth. ... John Hurst
- >BTW, I use and am very happy with my "real" Sportster 28.8.
-
- As you may know, I'm not a fan of RPI modems. But the UART will eventually
- go the way of the dodo, so there is merit in exploring alternatives. I'll
- be testing these new designs to see how well they measure up.
-
- --
- Best regards,
- John mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.com http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
- 28800 Modem FAQ: http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
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