-=> Quoting Rick Graham to Wes Newell <=-
 > Best advice I could give anyone with one would be to get another
 > modem.
 RG> I'm not trying to start an arguement or sell you on WinModems, but
 RG> Winmodems do have place in the grand scheme of things.  They are PnP
 RG> cards, insinuating W95, NT, etc. I have one in this 486 Dos / Win3.1
 RG> BBS box that works great.  Not everyone lives their life at the C:\>
 RG> anymore, they are pointing, clicking, double clicking and dragging
 RG> merrily and productively along their way.  Times are changing &
 RG> pre-configured computers with all the peripherials & hardware
 RG> installed as well as W95 are hot ticket items.
 Winmodem uses VxD (at least the USR version), and thus can't be used for
 NT... My external modem is ALSO PnP... it is PnP since the day they
 invented it. no IRQ fiddling, or port address searching...
 IMO, Winmodem is mostly designed to sucker those people who just want to
 get the cheapest model from a "name brand"... I'd recommand ZOOM modem
 over any Winmodem, or pretty much any dirt cheap Rockwell modem over
 Winmodem, for about the same price... why not get something that's NOT
 virtual... get REAL not VIRTUAL... :)
 RG> I got my Winmodem from USR in the Wide Area Field Trial test for free.
 RG> It now runs happily as a clam at 33.6, accepts & recieves faxes with
 RG> WinFax, -and- is due to be software upgraded shortly to x2 when the
 RG> code is released.  I've thought about selling it, but hey, it works, it
 RG> was free, and if I decide to pull it, it won't take up much room on the
 RG> shelf.   The only thing the Winmodem won't do that my 2 Courier DS
 RG> V.Es x2 and one Hayes K56Flex wont do it respond to a Dos terminal
 RG> program...but you know this.  Now maybe Clint does.
 Well... since you use the USR Winmodem... you should KNOW that it will NOT
 work under NT... so as a lot of people here had said... it should be named.
 WinButNotNTOS/2BSDDOSOrLinuxModem.... :)
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