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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: 21 Feb 1996 03:56:03 GMT
- Organization: Shadow Information Services, Inc.
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- John Orcheson (g5john@cdf.toronto.edu) wrote:
- : Chad Payne <chad@split.com> writes:
-
-
- : How can someone be "suckered" into buying an RPI modem? If they can read
- : they'll know the system requirements for the use of an RPI modem, e.g.
- : USR Sportster Si requires Windows 3.1 or 3.11, it says so right on the box.
-
- Because there are A lot of people who still think a mouse is a foot
- petal, or people think the little 3.5inch drive is for CD roms.
-
- and above that level A lot of people who see the phrase "..... Requires
- Windows 3.11 or 3.1" assume its because of the terminal program that
- comes in the box. or they assume everything now adays has that typical
- Disclaimer sticker due to the popularity of Windows. of course to you
- guys who read this newsgroup you can spot it quickly. but 90% of these
- new computer users don't know what hardware and software error
- compression is.
-
- A better solution is to put the following disclaimer.
-
- "Caution, This modem does not have built in hardware to perform error
- correction and flow control. Your Computer's CPU will emulate such
- features in software using a special software driver, We cannot guarantee
- that drivers will be available for other operating systems other than
- (insert name of operating system a driver that ships with modem) and we
- cannot guarantee your CPU has enough power to drive the features of this
- modem."
-
- that will clear up any confusion.
-
-