-=> Quoting Joe Frankiewicz to Richard Town <=-

 -> LE> and what-have-you, but selling such a device as 'a modem' is
 -> fraud.
 -> That description is applicable to WinModem (first 100 free, have your
 -> credit card ready :-) but not to an RPI

 JF> FYI, there were a great deal MORE than 100 free modems given away.

Fair do's, retracted

 JF> Fraud is a pretty strong word, I hope you'll pick something else.

Would'nt want you to get tarred with the same brush that RPI in its
earlier days got caught with.  But how does one determine a "real"
modem from its controller-less counterpart by simple generic name?
Like the majority of people in here, I think we consider a modem to
consist of MDP (Modem Data Pump), MCU (Microcontroller), a ROM which
contains the MCU firmware, telephone line interface and protection
circuitry, power rails' filtration, plus host control interface

Spot what's missing in a WinModem :)

Regarding the word fraud: ever ready to assist, I'm happy to substitute
"misleading"

With all good wishes to you at Sun City
rgdZ :)
Richard

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