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to: david begley
from: Lewin Edwards
date: 1996-03-05 21:15:56
subject: Inmodem VFC 28800

LE>> Plug'N'Pray modems probably answer some of those problems, but they
 LE>> cause too many others.
 db> What did I say about "dinky 'intelligent command mode'"? 
;-)  I was
 db> actually thinking something along the lines of what happens with EIDE and
 db> SCSI devices now, wherein the device can actually be interrogated for
 db> vendor/model information, capabilities, etc.

Rockwell implemented that in ATI4. The majority of modems support that caps
string. But the algorithm to interpret it is _very_ complex.

-- Lewin A.R.W. Edwards [Team OS/2]  Tel 0419320415 * 0412809805 * 0414927056

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