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- From: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Intel Modems
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.031747.9864@tc.fluke.COM>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 03:17:47 GMT
- References: <5760.48.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>
- Reply-To: moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer)
- Organization: The John Fluke Mfg. Co. /a.k.a. The Gizmonics Institute/
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- In <5760.48.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp> john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas) writes:
- >A serious limitation of the 400 is that it's a "DOS-only" modem --
- >since Intel did not use Flash RAM or EEPROM for the firmware, it has
- >to be downloaded each time you power up, and Intel only provides a DOS
- >device driver to do the job. :-(
-
- From this and other comments, your complaints about Intel's modems seem to
- be based on poor OS/2 or Unix support for the Intel faxmodem -- is this
- correct? Because having the firmware loaded during boot-up for a
- DOS/Windows machine (like mine) isn't a drawback (it's done with all the
- rest of the crap in the CONFIG.SYS file.)
-
- Then I'll amend my recommendation: it's a very good modem if you're using a
- DOS/Windows machine. (Sorry, I should have been more specific.)
-
- "Once again, Paul, you have crystallized my
- thoughts perfectly."
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