From: John Tserkezis 
Reply-To: Fidonet AVtech Echo 

Bob Lawrence wrote:

> JT> Winmodems ARE the work of the devil. I know now why they never
> JT> wrote any linux drivers for them. Linux users were too smart to
> JT> go for the useless shit they were flogging off called "modems".
> JT> Claiming the virtues of letting your processor take some of the
> JT> modem load. The bastards couldn't get the protocols right in
> JT> hardware, what chance did they have in software?
> 
>  This one is called a Host Accelerated Modem (HAM). It's got its own
> CPU and apparently, it does some of it and FWIN (Fucking Windows)
> does the rest. I supect that the Linux driver makes the modem do it
> all.

  This isn't specifically a Linux issue though, it applies to ANY device that 
you choose to attach to a modem.  PDA's and all.

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