Lewin, at 17:27 on Aug 10 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

LE> I was referring entirely to the WinModem and other similar devices which 
LE> require platform-specific software in order to operate as modems. Rockwell 
LE> are not innocent of this either, witness RPI, though even RPI isn't quite 
LE> as bad as the WinModem.

That's not true.  The so-called USR Winmodem is nothing more than a generic
DSP device, which could just as easily be a sound card as a modem,
depending upon the installed VXD.  When used as a modem under Windows, it
makes use of bit stripping and data compression, and is a hell of a lot
more functional than a Rockwell RPI modem which has neither in hardware.

LE> You would NOT believe the legal nonsense Rockwell has woven around RPI. 

You're right, and I care even less.

LE> From what I understand, any company which actually licenses RPI and signs 
LE> all the associated documentation is laying down and asking for a lawsuit 
LE> from Microcom re MNP licensing, which is the reason why none of the major 
LE> communications packages support it.

Not "none".  QmodemPro is a major comms package, and it supports RPI.

LE> Fortunately, nobody takes these non-standards seriously.

Is that a fact?  V.FC and Class 2 fax are "non-standards", yet
Rockwell takes both of those VERY seriously.

Regards, Bill
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