Subj : Re: FidoGazette Vol 13 n
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Simon Geddes
Date : Fri Sep 20 2019 16:00:00

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

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

Makes sense. I wonder if the analog signal could be scaled or processed in some 
way to still work. Anything is possible I suppose, if there's sufficient will. 

 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!

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

Good to know. I've heard of minicom as another Linux option, which I was 
planning to use with Ubuntu and an external USB>serial modem I have. ZTerm 
workswell with this Mac's internal 56.6k modem, on OS X.

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