HM> Are Rockwell users disadvantaged by class 2 only? ie, is there
HM> significant enough a technical difference (aside from them being
HM> incompatible) for class 2.0 to take over? V.34 was significantly
HM> better than V.FC, so V.34 won through.

RB> I answer a question with a question here. Don't you think that it would
RB> have been unecconomic to research and develop class 2.0 to the stage of
RB> ratification IF there was NOT a significant advantage on the day.

There are plenty of examples of dud standards tho.

RB> Might be that todays improved CPU speed and multitasking
RB> platforms have just taken the urgent need of having the fax
RB> hardware do most of the work instead of the software away. This
RB> would Have to Be THE ONLY REASON that Class 2.0 was not snapped up.

The real reason is that Class 2 is good enough, it works pretty
well, it is very widely available, and the advantages of 2.0 if any
just arent enough to warrant the massive effort to change to it.
@EOT:

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