Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 15:22:11 -0800 From: "Majid Almassari" <majid@ibroadcast.net> To: "Sabre" <sabre@sabresdomain.com>, "Mike" <pirone@surfree.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: modem Message-ID: <00d701bf7d8b$a5936650$42b6ded0@ibroadcast.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002221813390.18599-100000@sabre1.sabresdomain.com>
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What I heard is that Winmodem the "name" is a Registered Trade Mark (TM) to what is known formally as US-Robotics, and currently as 3-COM. They will not release the source code making it extremely difficult for Developers to create drivers for other OSes. I bet there were attempts but not complete ones due to this problem. I use to work for a Help Desk for an ISP and 95% of the calls involves Winmodems that don't work under Windows. They are not even worth the trouble and frustration for their cheap price. I rather pay extra and get something more reliable in return. Just my $.02. -- Majid Almassari, MSEE, MCP. Systems Administrator iBroadcast, Inc. http://www.ibroadcast.com Email: majid@ibroadcast.net http://www.ibroadcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: Sabre <sabre@sabresdomain.com> To: Mike <pirone@surfree.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 10:14 AM Subject: Re: modem > There are some projects (can't think of the homepages off hand) that were > devoted to getting winmodems running under alternative OS's, but I have > never heard of any completed projects. Best thing to do it buy a real > modem :) > Sabre > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Mike wrote: > > > i was wondering if winmodems were supported by freebsd > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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