Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 02:20:47 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Billik <billik@ottawa.com> To: billik@dstg.sk Cc: <usb-bsd@yahoogroups.com>, "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, <usb-bsd@eleetbsd.org>, <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: FWD: Re: [usb-bsd] Re: USB Modems in -stable Message-ID: <200103140720.CAA04523@mail.ottawa.com>
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On Mar 13, Gerd Knops <gerti@bitart.com> wrote: > > Nick Hibma wrote: > > How would you imagine a winmodem to work on USB? You can't push the > > data down that fast I think. > > > Winmodem is probably the wrong term here, but the effects are the > same. There is this annoying trend in modem development: 'Do as little > in hardware as you can get away with, and the rest in software'. Hence > there are some USB modems that are not umodem compatible, because the > manufacturer decided to use a custom protocol to the modem in order to > keeps parts count/hardware cost down. And it catches on because with > modem protocols changing every few months the bulk of the users does > not want to invest much money into a modem. > > Gerd > > > Nick > > > > On Mon, 12 Mar 2001, Gordon Tetlow wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > > > > > > > On 13-Mar-01 Gordon Tetlow wrote: > > > > > Just beware not to get a WinModem, otherwise you bought a > > > > > rather expensive paperweight for use in FreeBSD. > > > > > > > > Yeah.. Got any 'known winmodem' names? :) > > > > > > The Mitsubishi is almost certainly a winmodem. The NetComm may not > > > be, but it's hard to tell from the looks of the user manual. > > > > > > -gordon > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > > ---------------------~-~> Find software faster. Search more than > > > 20,000 software solutions on KnowledgeStorm. Register > > > now and get started. > > > <http://us.click.yahoo.com/7u_SwA/zMSCAA/Ig4EAA/N0AVlB/TM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Qube Software, Ltd. Private: n_hibma@qubesoft.com > > n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@FreeBSD.ORG > > <http://www.qubesoft.com/ <http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ > > > > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at > > <http://lists.inteltec.com/wws/which > > or e-mail n_hibma@freebsd.org. > > > > > You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at > http://lists.inteltec.com/wws/which > or e-mail n_hibma@freebsd.org. > Get your Free email at http://mail.ottawa.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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