Brad Rogers wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:49:00 -0700
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Andrew,
this is surely do-able. The very first modems were essentially a
speaker and a microphone that were connected to the telephone reciever
by a couple of rubber cup-like things.
Am 2008-06-12 07:49:00, schrieb Andrew Sackville-West:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:57:58PM +0200, Misko wrote:
I was trying to find
some info but failed (perhaps I was looking at wrong places).
Is there a kernel module available that can turn soundcard into
modem?
it wouldn't be a
Am 2008-06-12 17:47:50, schrieb Brad Rogers:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:21:12 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But they're not cheap: we're talking about an analog modem that does
V92 protocol. NewEgg has 2: one for $76.99 and one for $244.99 both
U.S. Robotics.
Ouch! That's
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:45:50 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Hugo,
Brad Rogers wrote:
Acoustic Couplers, they were called. A real PITA to use, too; One
hard knock, and the line dropped, because the noise produced upset
But it worked. Connected from IBM Chicago to IBM
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:22:25 +0200
Michelle Konzack [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Michelle,
Thats normal, because US-Robotics are realy High-Performance modems
and you can not get better stuff. I am using USR since over 20
years and the are perfect. :-)
Yes, I used USRs myself. Their
On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 05:30:02PM +0100, Brad Rogers wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:45:50 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Hugo,
Brad Rogers wrote:
Acoustic Couplers, they were called. A real PITA to use, too; One
hard knock, and the line dropped, because the
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:07:14PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
What modem? Winmodems aren't modems, they're sound boards with the
wrong audio connector.
I have read something like this many times. What am I interested in
is if I can make my regular soundcard force to behave like modem?
What I
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:58 +0200
Misko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Misko,
is if I can make my regular soundcard force to behave like modem?
Possibly, but why would you want to? When you're on-line using a
WinModem the CPU has to do all the work of (en|de)coding data that
would normally
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:57:58PM +0200, Misko wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:07:14PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
What modem? Winmodems aren't modems, they're sound boards with the
wrong audio connector.
I have read something like this many times. What am I interested in
is if I can
Brad Rogers wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:58 +0200
Misko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Misko,
is if I can make my regular soundcard force to behave like modem?
Possibly, but why would you want to? When you're on-line using a
WinModem the CPU has to do all the work of (en|de)coding data
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 10:21 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Brad Rogers wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:58 +0200
Misko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Misko,
is if I can make my regular soundcard force to behave like modem?
Possibly, but why would you want to? When you're
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On 06/12/08 09:49, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:57:58PM +0200, Misko wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:07:14PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
What modem? Winmodems aren't modems, they're sound boards with the
wrong audio
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 12:57 +0200, Misko wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:07:14PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
What modem? Winmodems aren't modems, they're sound boards with the
wrong audio connector.
I have read something like this many times. What am I interested in
is if I can make my
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:26:53AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
On 06/12/08 09:49, Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 12:57:58PM +0200, Misko wrote:
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 02:07:14PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
What modem? Winmodems aren't modems, they're sound boards with
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On 06/12/08 10:25, Paul Johnson wrote:
[snip]
How necessary is a modem really? Especially on a laptop? Seems like
wifi support would be faster, easier and all around more accessible in
this day and age.
Spoken like someone who doesn't live in
Paul Johnson wrote:
On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 10:21 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
Brad Rogers wrote:
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:58 +0200
Misko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Misko,
is if I can make my regular soundcard force to behave like modem?
Possibly, but why would you want to? When
Andrew Sackville-West wrote:
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:26:53AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
Ah, the good old, slow, usually large, acoustic modem. If your
handset didn't match the design of the modem, you were stuck.
The *only* benefit to them was that you could use them with a pay phone.
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 07:49:00 -0700
Andrew Sackville-West [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Andrew,
this is surely do-able. The very first modems were essentially a
speaker and a microphone that were connected to the telephone reciever
by a couple of rubber cup-like things.
Acoustic Couplers,
On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:21:12 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello Hugo,
But they're not cheap: we're talking about an analog modem that does
V92 protocol. NewEgg has 2: one for $76.99 and one for $244.99 both
U.S. Robotics.
Ouch! That's more than I expected. Here (UK), it's
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:21:12AM -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
But they're not cheap: we're talking about an analog modem that does V92
protocol. NewEgg has 2: one for $76.99 and one for $244.99 both U.S.
Robotics.
Ebay should have a USR/3Com Courier V-Everything for around $50.
Doug.
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