Hello Dave!
20 Sep 97 07:50, Dave Raymond wrote to Rick Collins:
 DR> My point was simply that, I don't believe that native Win95 comm apps
 DR> would function, without a modem driver installed.  I have not tested
 DR> this and may be wrong.  Agreed, the modem itself, as a piece of
 DR> hardware, being a true, fully functional modem, does not require a
 DR> driver, per say. But, under Win95, will those native Win95 apps
 DR> utilize it?
You are close to the correct answer, but "native" is not quite correct.  TAPI 
"Telephony Application Interface" programmes look at Win95 for modem support. 
Even then, it would not be quite correct to refer to "drivers" in the 
traditional sense, rather "information files" (*.inf, simple text files).
But some native programmes, like the great ZOC (for Win95), can stand on 
their own feet without TAPI support.  ZOC allows the user to enter modem 
information directly, e.g. init string, baud rate, flow control/hand shaking, 
etc., whereas TAPI programmes (Hyperterminal being one example) rely on Win95 
for all of this information.
Cheers, Hans
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