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Date:      Wed, 30 Dec 1998 11:53:04 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Alex Zepeda <garbanzo@hooked.net>
Cc:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: PnP PCI modem 
Message-ID:  <199812301953.LAA05378@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 29 Dec 1998 23:20:18 PST." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812292319170.52086-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> 

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> On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Louis A. Mamakos wrote:
> 
> > First of all, if you have a WinModem (e.g., a modem without a brain that
> > relies on the system CPU to do a bunch of work), then you're just screwed
> > and you should stop torturing yourself right now.
> 
> Has anyone actually tried to get the specs for these winmodems?  Seeing as
> 3com is actually rather liberal with the release of their specs...

It's not the specs themselves that are the problem, it's the free 
v42bis encoder (and all the other simulation crap) that prevents these 
from being really useful.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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