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- Path: FreeNet.Carleton.CA!an171
- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster Windows Modem
- Date: 15 Apr 1996 04:53:56 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
- Message-ID: <4kskp4$jab@freenet-news.carleton.ca>
- References: <4kjhj3$5vf@news.isl.net> <4kjv9o$p4o@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <31713ac8.7275782@news.insync.net>
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
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- Greg Bretting (bretting@insync.net) writes:
- > On 11 Apr 1996 21:58:16 GMT, an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- > wrote:
- >
- >> 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.
- >
- > Not true - the above is _not_ an inherent limitation of controllerless
- > modems. Controllerless modems can, and some do, work just fine in a DOS
- > window or full screen under Windows - USR (for whatever reason) simply
- > chose not to write the code neccessary to support it. Not only that, but
- > USR is still using a TI chipset on this modem and drivers that they've
- > evidently written themselves - the controllerless modems that I'm familiar
- > with that support DOS/Windows all use AT&T chipsets, and for the most part,
- > AT&T code.
-
- I was refering to true DOS supports, not DOS Windows. But yes, it
- is possible to intercept the com programs attempt to talk to the hardware
- and instead run it through you're com driver. It would require some work,
- and might not work with all com programs, but it should be possible.
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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