On Wed, Feb 17, 1999 at 09:00:16AM -0500, Michael H. Warfield wrote:
> Manuel Del_Estal enscribed thusly:
> > We want to buy a modem to be used under linux, and nearly all the
> > internal (and cheaper) modems are now PCI. We have read that linux has
> > problems with PCI internal modems. We would like to know if there is any
> > chance that a PCI modems works correctly under linux.
> > Thanks in advance
>
> I think you are mixing apples with oranges... The cheaper modems
> are WinModems and Linux doesn't support WinModems. That doesn't mean they
> are PCI modems nor does it mean that Linux can't support a PCI modem that
> is not a WinModem. There are plently of conventional modems out there.
> As long as it's not a WinModem, you should be fine.
I have never seen nor heard of a PCI modem that was not a WinModem. I would
like to heard of one, though.
> WinModems ARE cheaper. Both figuratively and literally. They
> use the main processor for performing many of the functions that would
> have been performed on board with the standard modem. That means that
> the performance of your entire system is degraded by these things. What
> you save in a few bucks, you loose in CPU horsepower...
Nowadays, CPUs are so powerful that no one could possibly notice the speed
degradation, I suspect. The real problem is it's just a pain to write the
driver, so no one has.
Have fun,
Avery
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