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Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 19:35:54 -0700
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From: Matt Lewandowsky <matt DOT l AT techie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Problems communicating with PCI Modems :(
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Oh, for the days of an Okidata microLine... Hardware that would work with 
almost any computer, whether VAX, Apple ][, Commodore, or PC, just by 
changing a wheel on the front.


- --Matt

At 08.11 08/18/2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:
>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.
>
>--
>Damian Yerrick
>"I refuse to listen to those who refuse to listen to reason."
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