modem question

[Basil Chupin]

On 27/05/12 19:34, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 05/27/2012 05:09 AM, Basil Chupin wrote:
>
>> Oh god, not one of those "Win-modems" :'( .
>>
>> Mind you, there was one internal modem which used a Conexant chip which
>> performed flawlessly with a driver which, to begin with, was free but
>> then capitalism took over and the driver cost an arm and a leg - but it
>> WORKED. (Actually, I still have the modem somewhere in the darkroom in
>> the garage.)
>
> If it won't stand alone and talk serial all by itself, I'd junk it, 
> after smashing it up appropriately with some heavy blunt object. But, 
> that's just me, I am a purest at heart. :) Ric

Well it can rest in peace in the dark room :-) .

But I can say this about it: it was NOT a win-modem, and it outperformed 
other external modems I had. It was when the driver for it from Conexant 
became not-free that I replaced it with an external one. (It was nice 
not to have a modem sitting on the desk but nicely tucked away inside 
the box :-) .)

BC

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