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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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 Re: External Modem Paul Pygeon wrote: > I think no external modem is a "winmodem"! Once that was true, now, sadly it isn't. There is a new breed of external USB winmodems. Stick to serial connections and you should be safe though. -- David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk/>      |
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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Re: External Modem "David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:bti7or$sib$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk... > Paul Pygeon wrote: > > > I think no external modem is a "winmodem"! > > Once that was true, No it wasnt. There were winmodem Serial modems. > There is a new breed of external USB winmodems. Quite correct. > Stick to serial connections and you should be safe though. Yep, or you can get PCI cards. Just make sure its a CPU on the card. |
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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Re: External Modem Mark writes: > Will any external modem work in Linux? Any external serial modem will work with Linux. Some USB modems may be Winmodems. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI |
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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Re: External Modem Paul Pygeon wrote: > I think no external modem is a "winmodem"! David Dorward wrote: > Once that was true, Leon writes: > No it wasnt. There were winmodem Serial modems. It most certainly was. There was a time when there were no Winmodems of any sort. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin |
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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Re: External Modem On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:04:27 -0600, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote: >Mark writes: >> Will any external modem work in Linux? >Any external serial modem will work with Linux. Some USB modems may be >Winmodems. Doubtfull. What would be the point of encoding audio packets onto USB when the external device could do it by itself? The reasoning behind having the CPU do the audio processing with an internal modem is that the internal modem can be made as cheaply as possible. For an external modem leaving the audio processing to the CPU makes no sense considering the amount of other processing required just for the USB protocol. |
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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Re: External Modem TCS writes: > What would be the point of encoding audio packets onto USB when the > external device could do it by itself? The reasoning behind having the > CPU do the audio processing with an internal modem is that the internal > modem can be made as cheaply as possible. For an external modem leaving > the audio processing to the CPU makes no sense considering the amount of > other processing required just for the USB protocol. They would basically just replace the PCI interface with a USB chip. Might save them $.50. Dumb, I agree, but I have it on good authority that USB Winmodems do exist. -- John Hasler john@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, Wisconsin |
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01-17-2008, 05:26 PM
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| Re: External Modem Leon. wrote: > > "David Dorward" <dorward@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:bti7or$sib$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk... >> Paul Pygeon wrote: >> >> > I think no external modem is a "winmodem"! >> >> Once that was true, > > > No it wasnt. There were winmodem Serial modems. > No. USB, yes. Serial, no < snip > -- The early bird gets the worm. The early worm ... gets eaten. |
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01-17-2008, 05:27 PM
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| Re: External Modem On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 22:11:09 -0600, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote: >TCS writes: >> What would be the point of encoding audio packets onto USB when the >> external device could do it by itself? The reasoning behind having the >> CPU do the audio processing with an internal modem is that the internal >> modem can be made as cheaply as possible. For an external modem leaving >> the audio processing to the CPU makes no sense considering the amount of >> other processing required just for the USB protocol. >They would basically just replace the PCI interface with a USB chip. Might >save them $.50. Dumb, I agree, but I have it on good authority that USB >Winmodems do exist. Now that I think about it, you're right. I've seen USB internal modems. They are a usb winmodem w/ a pci-usb interface on the same board. Of course, they won't work with win95 and work like shit on win98R1. |
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