Re: Linux Alone With Synchron
  By: Dumas Walker to RAMPAGE on Thu Feb 13 2020 06:18 pm

 > >winmodems and winprinters certainly were... the actual working code that no
 > >y resides in the hardware was moved into software... supposedly to make the
 > >aper but it also was another of m$'s underhanded tricks to try to give wind
 > >ore of a boost in the market place...
 > 
 > Never had any experience with the printers, but all of the winmodems I had
 > experience with were not only cheaper in $$$ but were also more cheaply
 > made than a true hardware modem.  Their lifespans seemed shorter, for one.
 > 
 > 
 >  * SLMR 2.1a * I'm just here for moral support... please ignore the gun.
 > 
Years ago I read about linux users finding alternate uses of the sound
capabilities of Winmodems, however I never looked any deeper into it.

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