Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 n
To   : Simon Geddes
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Thu Sep 19 2019 11:29:14

-=> Simon Geddes wrote to Andrei Rachita <=-

 SG> I had wondered about VoIP as a solution to diminishing landlines -
 SG> didn't know data signals over VoIP are problematic.

It's in the analog-to-digital conversion.  To greatly oversimplify for the
sake of brevity, analog signals are 'chopped' at certain frequencies to fit
within a digital sine wave and that can cause issues with data loss.

 SG> The biggest issue I have faced is just getting old terminal software
 SG> running on a more moderm OS (MorphOS). Everything seems to half-
 SG> work. Not like first time around in the mid-ninties, where
 SG> the process seemed to be very plain sailing. I've
 SG> definitely wanted to give up a few times!

I use Qodem (qodem.sourceforge.net) on Windows 10 and Slackware Linux
without issue.

Later,
Sean
 
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