Hi Jake,
If the input is being mapped to the serial ports
I don't see any advantage to using parallel port except
if one has used up all his serial ports or doesn't have
the right serial cable or has used up all his internal buss
slots.
If the parallel modem had its own UART, then it would
seem similar to an internal modem. However, the one you
describe here sounds like a WinModem to me.
Eric
Jake wrote:
>
>Re: parallel port modems, there's quite a useful article at
>
>http://www.strom.com/pubwork/cw294.html
>
>which includes the following:
>
><quote>
>The drivers that map the parallel port to the standard serial
>communications ports are only available for Windows: if you are
>still using any DOS-based communications programs (such as the DOS
>cc:Mail remote software that we use or "Classic" Crosstalk XVI from
>DCA), then you will have to connect the modems the old-fashioned
>way via the serial port and lose the advantages of parallel-port
>throughput.
>
>...
>
>Microcom uses the Microsoft standard driver. Finally, while we found
>it admirable that Xircom tries to support the DOS user with its modem,
>the list of exceptions and incompatiblities is so long that most of us
>will turn to Windows when it comes time to communicate.
></quote>
>
>:-(
>
>Also, U$499
>
>:-(
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