On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 12:20:56PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On 23 Apr 1999, John Hasler wrote: > : Greg Scharrer writes: > : > I am thinking about buying a 56k modem. I have a 28.8k modem. I know not > : > to buy a Winmodem. I have seen ads for ISA and PCI modems. Is one kind > : > better than the other? > : > : Multitech reportedly makes one PCI modem that is not a winmodem. So far as > : I know all others are. I'd stay away from PCI modems. > > This will be difficult in the future as the ISA bus disappears - many > new PCs have no ISA slots at all. > > IMO it's embarrasing that most PCI modem manufacturers are making them > winmodems. Talk about cheap!
I'm not sure this is true. The PCI modem I bought last week is linux incompatible; it uses shared memory instead of an I/O address and IRQ. There's a Windows driver called the "modem enumerator", which emulates a port for Windows apps to use. From what I read on the web, the shared memory interface doesn't mean Winmodem; unfortunately, it's just not really documented by the manufacturers. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD. CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome.
