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From: "Jeffry Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 10:17 AM
Subject: PCI Modem for Linux
> I was modem shopping on Sat (due to my last modem not surviving the last
> lightning storm), and, of course, am aware of the problem that most PCI
> based 56k modems are winmodems. Imagine my surprise to find out that the
> US Robotics 56K Pro modem is not. In fact, on the front of the box it
> said "compatible with DOS, Windows, and Linux"!
Actually, most CHEAP PCI modems are Winmodems. A true controller-based PCI
modem will work with Linux, and will work better on your Windows boxes too,
because the MODEM is doing the work, not your CPU. In a HST modem
(Winmodem,) there is little more than a hardware interface to the telephone
line. Your system's processor is expected to do all the work, sapping your
system resources.
<rant>
Win-hardware, in my opinion, one of the biggest scams being foisted on
computer users. System vendors love it, because they can keep selling faster
and bigger systems to users whose systems get slower and slower as they add
peripherals. The peripheral vendors love it, because they can produce cheap
hardware products that require software and system resources to do the work.
And most of all, Microsoft loves it, because it locks the user into a
Windows-based operating system. The user can't change, because all of their
hardware would stop working.
</rant>
Rich Cloutier
SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES
www.sysupport.com
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