On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Aedan McGhie/Scotland wrote:
> >I bought one of these PCI "hardware" modems from
> >Priceless today. Hardware my arse!
>
> Ditto.
>
> Double ARSE.
Bad luck. I guess they're going to love two of us bringing them back on
the same day. Mine was from the Finniston shop - fancy joining me there
about 10:30 to help me explain to them what a harware modem is?
> You might be able to find something here:
>
> http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
The site is my bible. Problem is finding ou what chipset a modem is based
on before you buy it. It lists 3 families of PCI modems that work.
> but all the HCF info seemd to lead to dead ends. I'll keep looking.
Sounds as if people are working on drivers, but they're still a way off.
I know all the stuff about external modems being easy & blinking (lights)
and all that, <display ignorance> but surely there must be some advantages
to having the modem</display ignorance> connected directly to the PCI bus.
Maybe the data transfer rate is just too slow for it to matter?
Brian
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