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- From: gbaron@sparc.isl.net (Gilbert Baron)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster Windows Modem
- Date: Fri, 12 Apr 1996 23:21:56 GMT
- Organization: InfoNet Inc.
- Message-ID: <316ee4c7.1229734@news.isl.net>
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- an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill) wrote:
-
- >
- >Gilbert Baron (gbaron@sparc.isl.net) writes:
- >> The new Sportster windows modem is nice and cheap and it has flash rom
- >> to update. It is plug and play and claims works ONLY with windows or
- >> windows 95 communications programs. Has anyone been able to use it in
- >> dos anyhow? The only reason it says no dos is the setup probably
- >> requires the plug and play driver to set it up. If your BIOS is plug and
- >> play or if you have the INTEL plug and play software and if that
- >> software supports the modem interrupts and addresses you should be able
- >> to use it in dos. I wonder if anyone has done this. It is really too
- >
- > No. The reason why the Winmodem REQUIRES Windows is that it
- >doesn't have a controller on board. It requires the Windows .VXD be
- >loaded into memory to do ANYTHING at all. Most of the "modem" is actualy
- >handled by your computer CPU and memory, the card itself is just a DSP and
- >DAA. This modem will NOT run in DOS in ANY way (won't even run programs
- >in a DOS window).
- >
- >> bad they thought it not necessary to supply the needed software for dos
- >
- > Due to the design, DOS software would be pretty much impossible to
- >write. I suppose they could have tried to make soem sort of FOSSIL
- >driver, but that would likley take up a few hundred kb of conventional
- >memory and would only work with programs that supported FOSSIL
- >connections, and I'm not even sure if this much would work. In any case,
- >when USR says the Winmodem will ONLY work in Windows, they really mean it.
- >
- >> setup. It is also too bad that they did not put flashrom in the regular
- >> USR Sportster! Waiting for a chip to change sucks face big time IMHO.
- >
- > The Winmodem doesn't have FlashROM, but since all the code that
- >runs the modem is stored in drivers on your hard drive, the effect is the
- >same (upgrades done though software instead of chip replacement).
- >
- >Anthony
- >
- >--
- >Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
-
-
- So what you are really saying is it is a new but actually inferior
- incarnation of the RPI modems. What a piece of mierda. I think they
- should be prosecuted for not revealing what is really happening here.
- :-) :-) Well I believed them enough not to buy one. It is certain
- that usr ought to come out with a modem with flash rom. All should
- have that IMHO. The expense would be minimal. I am thankful to you for
- the explanation. These groups are great for this sort of thing.
- --
- Gil Baron W0MN gbaron@sparc.isl.net Web http://www.isl.net/~gbaron
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