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- From: schulte@winternet.com (Christopher Schulte)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster Winmodem int 28.8
- Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 04:43:17 GMT
- Organization: StarNet Communications, Inc
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- an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill) wrote:
-
- >
- >Allen Rountree (cornholio@tamu.edu) writes:
- >> Does anyone know how the USR Sportster Winmodem int 28.8 compares in
- >> performance and features? I know it is flash upgradable to 33.6 like
- >> the Courier, but I wonder why it is $200 less. Does it use a cheap
- >> chipset (Rockwell) or does it use RPI error correction, or has USR just
- >> decided to become competitve on price without sacrificing quality?
- >
- > The Winmodem is a controllerless modem. This means that it will
- >only run if it has the proper drivers loaded into memory and the host CPU
- >is doing some all the task normally performed by the modems controller.
- >It's somewhat similar to RPI, except that RPI modems will work without
- >error control when no drivers are loaded, while the Winmodem won't work at
- >all unless the drivers are in memory. As the name suggests, the drivers
- >are ONLY avilible for Windows (3.xx or 95), and will ONLY work in a
- >Windows com program (they won't even work in a DOS program been run in
- >windows). They aren't $200 cheaper then the Sportster (unless you're
- >talking something other then US$), only about $40 cheaper. Reason being
- >the lack of some parts in the modem reduces the cost. As for actual
- >performance, they should be identicle to one of the new Sportsters with
- >the 33.6 v.34 support turned off.
-
- I wonder, because the computer takes over some tasks normally handled
- by the modem, that my friend's computer will momentarily "freeze" for
- a second when the Winmodem redials a number? Or could this represent
- another type of conflict? Anyone else have a pause when the modem
- redials?
-
- >
- >--
- >Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
-
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- Christopher Schulte
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