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to: RICK COLLINS
from: DAVID WEI
date: 1997-03-03 15:20:00
subject: Re: RPI/WinRPI modems

 -=> Quoting Rick Collins to David Wei <=-
 dw> Much like the iNTEL inside logo, it is a WARNING sign... it is a
 dw> way of using your CPU's processing power to do some of the stuff
 dw> a regular modem, do... like compression and error correction...
 dw> which means that when you are OUT of windows... you are OUT of
 dw> luck if you want to use Compression or Error Correction
 dw> feature... My suggestion? get a REAL modem with all the feature
 dw> built in hardware... never touch RPI or Winmodem... 
 RC> A little accuracy, please.  An RPI modem relies on the comm program
 RC> or a Windows driver to provide error correction or data compression. 
 RC> A "Winmodem" generally uses the system CPU to provide nearly _all_
 RC> modem functions, and do not work in DOS at all.
 Maybe I didn't make it clear, but I never put an equal mark between
 RPI and Winmodem, I just said that how RPI operates and suggested that
 never to touch RPI or Winmodem...
... "What luck for me that consumers do not think."  --Bill Gates
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