From: Damian Yerrick <Bullcr_pd_yerrick AT hotmail DOT comRemoveBullcr_p>
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Subject: Re: Problems communicating with PCI Modems :(
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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 15:11:28 GMT
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On 18 Aug 2000 14:34:50 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker
<broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> wrote:

>That *may* be because that PCI card isn't technically a modem,
>actually.  Many modern PCI-Modems are so-called 'Winmodems', where the
>hardware is actually rather dumb, and the actual modem is implemented
>in software, as a Windows 9x device driver.  Causes all kinds of
>trouble if you're trying to use them from any other operating system.
>
>The method first became popular with so-called 'GDI printers', which
>understood no other input but Windows.

Before they were called "GDI printers" they were called "QuickDraw
printers" that worked only when connected to Macintosh computers.

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