On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 3:42 PM, Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> wrote:
> Obviously a signal processing driver for a winmodem requires some > CPU power, but Pentium III is fast enough for that. The problem is that > you basically have no winmodem drivers for DOS at all as far as I know. I've never seen any. DOS was dead as a commercial product before winmodems came about, and there was no reason for anyone to try to create a driver. > So as mentioned elsewhere in the thread, try external modems with > serial port connection if you have such a port. It should be easy enough to score a USR or the like off eBay. > If you have only USB, you keep the dilemma: USB modems might > do "real" data exchange over a virtual serial port, but USB modems > might also be winmodems, which behave like USB soundcards > with some modifications. > Generic USB drivers for DOS should be fine for the serial port case - > but not for winmodems. And you face the paucity of generic USB drivers for DOS. USB also came about after DOS was dead. I don't believe the USB drivers I'm aware of support the needed features. > In any case, I am positively surprised by the number of > software recommendations and links in this thread :-) I'm not, and more modem information can be found here: http://www.modemsite.com/56k/dos.asp But the biggest challenge is likely to be "What do you call if you *can* get a working modem?" > Regards, Eric ______ Dennis https://plus.google.com/u/0/105128793974319004519 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
