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- From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: External modems are nonsense
- Date: 12 Jan 1996 00:46:51 GMT
- Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY
- Message-ID: <4d4b1r$fuk@usenety1.news.prodigy.com>
- References: <5-62TlW4YgB@quijote.in-berlin.de> <4ckl1q$634@mips.pfalz.de> <4d1u3q$34l@bristlecone.together.net> <4d3d1e$8eq@shellx.best.com>
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- In article <4d3d1e$8eq@shellx.best.com>, Matt Fox <Rigor@clever.net> wrote:
- | > biggest drawbacks of internals modem is lack of creativity of the
- | designers
- | > and the limited hardware and operating system supported.
- | >>--
- |
- | MAN! I WANT YOUR DRUGS!
- |
- | as far as operating systems go (linux or dos) theres no difference
- | to the operating system if the modem is internal or external. it just
- | cant tell the difference.
-
- I think that's what he means. An internal modem doesn't have to look
- like a serial port, so you could, in theory, do some really nifty
- things with it.
-
- Of course what people miss is that we already have a fast serial
- port, called ethernet. If people can sell an NE2000 clone for $25 at
- a computer show, it just flat couldn't add that much to the price of
- a modem, given that the UART they use cost something. This makes a
- lot more sense with ISDN, since a POTS modem is unlikely to ever go
- much faster than the ones we have now. And unless most of the
- theories about how information is processed are disproved, that's
- not going to happen.
-
- We are about on the fuzzy edge of what will go through a 56-64k
- phone connection, and information theory has come far enough in 30
- years that I don't believe there's another factor of two hanging
- around to be found.
-
- Still, with ISDN and cable coming along, I see no reason why
- ethernet connection won't come along. They're on some ISDN modems
- now, by the specs.
- --
- -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
- I will support laws and technology which limit what you are allowed
- to hear, if you will oppose laws and technology limiting what I am
- allowed to say.
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