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echo: hs_modems
to: BUD JAMISON
from: RICK COLLINS
date: 1997-09-15 19:54:00
subject: WHICH MODEM

On Sep 14 21:05, 1997, BUD JAMISON of 1:202/746 wrote:
->> well i searched the PDF file again again using keywords Linux, Unix,
->> and operating each individually and the only relavent hit was, "
->> Linux does well under multitasking".
BJ> I've never used Linux or Unix, but I don't THINK they need anything
BJ> special in the way of modems.  My ISP is running all kinds of modems,
BJ> same as you or I can buy, on his machiones, insluding Hayes and USR.
BJ> I've never seen a 'Unix' driver for a modem, only brain-dead programs
BJ> like Windows need special drivers for a modem.
If it's a "real" modem even Windows doesn't need a "driver".  Real modems 
(that is, hardware modems, not "winmodems"), don't have "drivers".  Period.
Rick
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