Hello Bill!

Sunday August 13 1995 06:03, Bill Grimsley wrote to Lewin Edwards:

 > That's not true.  The so-called USR Winmodem is nothing more than a generic
 > DSP device, which could just as easily be a sound card as a modem,
 > depending upon the installed VXD.  When used as a modem under Windows, it
 > makes use of bit stripping and data compression, and is a hell of a lot
 > more functional than a Rockwell RPI modem which has neither in hardware.

When used as a modem under RPI-aware software, the RPI modem does have error
correction and compression. Under non-aware software, RPI mdoems are a hell
of a lot more functional than a USR Winmodem which has NOTHING in
hardware!! :-)

They're all garbage. I wouldn't {buy,use} a USR Winmodem, an RPI modem, or
a GDI printer. They are all useless in power user environments.


Regards,
Hamish

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