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- From: g5john@cdf.toronto.edu (John Orcheson)
- Subject: Re: Sportster si ???
- Message-ID: <g5john.824947110@cdf.toronto.edu>
- Organization: University of Toronto Computing Disciplines Facility
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- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 23:58:30 GMT
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- benny@shadow.net (Benito Horta) writes:
-
- >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.
-
- I see your point, however,
- the problem with this is it introduces a lot of other computer
- jargon that would surely leave new users saying "Huh?!". i.e. "flow
- control", "CPU", "software driver". Saying something like "Requires
- the <whatever> operating system" is much easier for new users to
- understand, not to mention more concise and economical.
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