so, Joe, can we count on you to be the resident win-modem in Mandrake at
newbie helper? what we REALLY need is someone to help out all the winmodem
owner/newbies when they write. Can I give them your e-mail address should
they not receive a positive responce within say 48 hours?
bigga snip
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 22:48:31 -0500, Joseph Braddock [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Are you telling me that by hooking up an external modem through a serial
port, it's not taking any CPU cycles? Somehow, something in my computer has
to read that port and process the data to get it to my browser,
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Joethe real winmodem problem is better explained below by
the two selected quotes from Rick Moen's linuxmafia.com
website:
http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/
good link, thanks
'nother snip
Theoretically, programmers could write substitute engine
software for non-MS-Windows
etharp wrote:
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Joethe real winmodem problem is better explained
below by the two selected quotes from Rick Moen's
linuxmafia.com website:
http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/
good link, thanks
You're quite welcome. :)
'nother snip
Theoretically, programmers could write
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
etharp wrote:
snip
Joethe real winmodem problem is better explained
below by the two selected quotes from Rick Moen's
linuxmafia.com website:
http://www.linuxmafia.com/~rick/faq/
The link is well worth a vist.
Also, to put this in a better light for those that
-Mensaje original-
De: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]En nombre de Ric
Enviado el: miércoles, 03 de octubre de 2001 17:07
Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Asunto: Re: [newbie] MODEMS vs Winmodems
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
etharp wrote:
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Joethe real winmodem problem is better
On Wednesday 03 October 2001 03:06 pm, you wrote:
Winmodems were produced to accomplish 2 things:
1) Reduce the cost of computers by reducing the cost of the components.
Winmodems are much less expensive to produce since they lack the
circuitry of a real modem. It's basically just a
Are you telling me that by hooking up an external modem through a serial
port, it's not taking any CPU cycles? Somehow, something in my computer has
to read that port and process the data to get it to my browser, email, or
hard drive. It might not use as much CPU cycles, but it uses some.
You've actually missed the point about winmodems. It's not that they
need a driver to work (If they'll work at all). The problem with them is
that they shift the work that normally done by the modem, over to the
main system processor, thus sucking valuable CPU cycles.
They're parasitic by
