Subj : MMTerm?
To   : William McBrine
From : Jim Hanoian
Date : Wed Mar 07 2001 08:31 am

-=> William McBrine wrote to Ed Williams <=-

 EW> and most of the free ones don't work on today's pci modems.

 WM> Those aren't "today's PCI modems"; they're "today's crap
 WM> Winmodems". Rip and replace, that's my advice. Seriously -- I
 WM> don't mean to sound harsh, but those so-called modems deserve
 WM> only death. No one should use them, for anything. They're a
 WM> very bad design, inflicted on an unwitting public as a spurious
 WM> cost-saving measure.

I agree.  They have pushed much of the modem's function to the
computer's CPU, just to save a little bit of money.  Purists
will go with a "real" modem every time.


.... Jim Hanoian, Augusta, Maine, USA
.... I tried an internal modem once but it hurt when I walked.
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