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- From: benny@shadow.net (Benito Horta)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,misc.forsale.computers.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster si ???
- Followup-To: comp.dcom.modems,misc.forsale.computers.modems
- Date: 19 Feb 1996 21:33:48 GMT
- Organization: Shadow Information Services, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4gaqbs$bji@bud.shadow.net>
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- John Orcheson (g5john@cdf.toronto.edu) wrote:
- : Chad Payne <chad@split.com> writes:
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- : I feel that you are completely misinformed about what an RPI modem is.
- : An RPI modem includes a chipset which, in conjunction with special software
- : drivers, simulates the same error control and data compression of the latest
- : modems which do error control and compression in their hardware. Therefore
- : if you use the software package that comes with the RPI modem there will
- : be no noticable performance difference between an RPI modem and a regular
- : modem. The only difference is that you have a lot more money in your
- : bank account because of the very low cost of RPI modems.
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- : My RPI modem costed about 35% less than the regular version.
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- I went to computer city and saw the Si version and the Real thing side to
- side and the price diffrence was 20$. when your "Simulating" something that
- normally is done in hardware somewhere along the line something has to
- suffer. Such as under heavy multitasking etc.... Why make things more
- complicated for a 20$. (which is the price diffrence I saw)
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