Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:12:46 -0800 From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> To: "Chris Hodgins" <chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk> Cc: markzero <mark@darklogik.org> Subject: RE: DSL modem recommendation Message-ID: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEIAFAAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> In-Reply-To: <421C79A9.1000001@cis.strath.ac.uk>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Hodgins [mailto:chodgins@cis.strath.ac.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 4:40 AM > To: Ted Mittelstaedt > Cc: markzero; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: DSL modem recommendation > > > You come across as being a very smart guy so why ask this question? I > am asking a general "why not USB?", not "USB modems are > awesome and you > should all convert!". > Sorry. I'm just ranting. USB ethernet is an abomination and I cannot forgive the morons in the industry that did away with RS232 serial ports in favor of USB. Espically since I have tons of equipment I service that have serial ports on them. Ever have the pleasure of working with one of those USB-to-serial port adapter POSs? Seriously, if what the PC industry had done was when USB came out, just completely did away with the keyboard port and the PS/2 mouse port, and tied those interrupts to the USB controller, so that the new PC motherboards required USB mice and keyboards, then I would not be so disgusted with it. Instead, they just layered it into the PC architecture. I have PCs here that when you put 2 nics in them, you lose one of the on-board serial ports, and this is without even a sound chip in the system. Ted
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