Rick,
RC>>> If it's a "real" modem even Windows doesn't need a "driver".
RC>>> Real modems (that is, hardware modems, not "winmodems"), don't
RC>>> have "drivers".  Period.
DR>> Well, while they may not require a driver to be a functional
DR>> piece of hardware, I wonder how Windows95 based communications
DR>> software would function, if no modem driver was installed
DR>> into Windows95.
RC> Semantics, but the driver (comm.drv) is a "serial port driver", not a
RC> "modem" driver.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that the discussion was about
modem drivers.  i.e., a driver specifically for said modem and not
the driver for the serial port.  If I am in error about the topic here,
I would appreciate a correction, as I don't want to confuse the issue.
My point was simply that, I don't believe that native Win95 comm apps
would function, without a modem driver installed.  I have not tested
this and may be wrong.  Agreed, the modem itself, as a piece of hardware, 
being a true, fully functional modem, does not require a driver, per say.
But, under Win95, will those native Win95 apps utilize it?
A question.
           /  Dave Raymond    -      Moderator:
O[X%X%X%X]{======================================--
           \   HS Modems / OS-Debate / BayChat
... Would you repeat the part after, "Listen very carefully..."?
--- GEcho 1.20/Pro
---------------