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- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Winmodem Questions
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 03:58:02 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
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- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
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- Chris Aiken (softech@en.com) writes:
- > I've read quite a few messages about the new USR Winmodem and have a
- > few questions of my own.
- >
- > 1. Will Dos programs running under a window in Win '95 have access to
- > the modem (i.e. PCBoard)?
-
- No.
-
- > 2. How many, if any, clock ticks does this "driver" take away from my
- > main processor?
-
- No idea od the exact amount, but it's not huge. It also lowers
- the amount of processor time needed for I/O, so all in all it won't use a
- huge amount more processing power then a regular modem.
-
- > 3. Does it really have flash rom or are upgrade just new "drivers"?
-
- Just new drivers, although the effect is similar to having
- FlashROM (eg you can download new code).
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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