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echo: binkley
to: Arthur Marsh
from: Jerry Schwartz
date: 1998-11-13 20:44:40
subject: Modem of Choice

[Nov 10, 98 - 21:21] Arthur Marsh of 3:800/812 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:

JS>> If you have a system with USB, you might want to see if you 
JS>> can find a USB modem.

AM> That would be fine if running an OS that doesn't require a FOSSIL for 
AM> Binkleyterm, but might present problems if running an OS that requires a 
AM> FOSSIL for Binkleyterm and can't present an interface that looks like a 
AM> conventional 
AM> UART.

Good point: I have no clue what such a modem would look like to a DOS
application.  I would hope it looks like a com port, but it probably
wouldn't have anything like a standard IRQ (or what would be the point?).

Jerry Schwartz
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