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echo: usr_modems
to: FRANK SEXTON
from: LUDOVIC BRAUN
date: 1998-05-16 11:24:00
subject: Winmodem

Hi Frank,
FS> Why is it that in three NT-preload Dell boxes I just received
FS> (complete with USR OEM 56k internal modems) that they identify
FS> themselves via ATI7 as a "Sportster Winmodem" and work just fine
FS> under NT?  I thought USR Winmodems were not supposed to work under
FS> NT.
Just a supposition... WinModems didn't work under NT because their
software emulation was based on VxDs that request direct access to
hardware (and NT's design doesn't allow that). Maybe USR just made
new drivers that don't use VxDs ?
Read you soon !
 ¿
 ÀÄUDoÄ> [at 2:320/409 or lbraun@ibm.net]
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