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- From: david@pencilnet.com (David Ehrens)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: External modems are nonsense
- Date: Tue, 09 Jan 96 02:47:34 GMT
- Organization: PencilNet, Inc.
- Message-ID: <4csl06$81g_002@dialupS171.ici.net>
- References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960102093642.11497C-100000@cpu3> <4cg61i$810_002@dialupS163.ici.net> <DKoCxH.1tF@giskard.demon.co.uk> <DKuFx1.7s9@bokonon.ussinc.com>
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- >In article <DKoCxH.1tF@giskard.demon.co.uk> dale@giskard.demon.co.uk (Dale
- Shuttleworth) writes:
- .
- >$: - external modems are the only modems supported by some OS vendors, such
- >$: as SCO
- >$
- >$Most internal modems look exactly like externals in hardware and software
- >$terms, it is impossible to support one and not support the other.
- >$(Assuming that we are staying with PC architecture).
-
- Perhaps from DOS's point of view, but not to every OS. And if you don't
- believe this, just check with SCO. The reason has nothing to do with
- architecture, anyway. Don't ask a Unix (or NT) SysAdmin to reboot the machine
- just because the modem went out to lunch. What's OK for one user isn't so
- great for 100.
-