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- From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR - a PC modem company
- Date: 16 Jan 1996 00:33:20 GMT
- Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY
- Message-ID: <4derog$mra@usenety1.news.prodigy.com>
- References: <4d0urh$8rg@usenety1.news.prodigy.com> <4d73sq$ojl@mips.pfalz.de>
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- Originator: davidsen@darkstar.prodigy.com
-
- In article <4d73sq$ojl@mips.pfalz.de>,
- Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.pfalz.de> wrote:
- | davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) writes:
- |
- | > I have been convinced that USR only wants to support PC users, and
- | > that other uses are better support by other companies.
-
- | > The latest features always come out in the PC internal modem
- | > first. 33.6k, voice, DSVD, all for PC users only.
- |
- | 33.6k came out first for the Couriers, with no distinction internal/
- | external.
-
- I stand corrected, I didn't see it there when it first came out.
-
- |
- | The voice/DSVD features are primarily of interest to home users,
- | DOS/Windows in their majority I'm afraid.
-
- I don't know about other business users, but I would love to have
- voice capability. DSVD is one of those odd "if you have any use for
- it at all you can't live without it" capabilities.
-
- | Hmm. I have run into plain ASCII docs on ftp.usr.com. I didn't check
- | lately, though. Besides, why would you need these docs when you get a
- | printed manual with your Courier?
-
- I would like to take a copy with me, and browse on odd occasions.
- PostScript allows much easier to read tables, figures, etc, and some
- fonts to make the reading easier. PostScript printers and browsers
- are fairly common. In a pinch I can convert PS to most common
- printers to get a page or two out (printing pages in graphics mode
- does slow the printer down a tad ;-)
- --
- -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.
-