[100207] in RedHat Linux List
Re: "Winmodems" (Support in Linux)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Witherow)
Wed Nov 18 19:38:30 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:33:53 -0500
From: Ken Witherow <phantoml@frontiernet.net>
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Dave Ihnat wrote:
> Simply put, those Winmodems that don't work have replaced part of a traditional
> modem with software processing, using your CPU. This allows the manufacturer
> to reduce the unit cost, presumably thereby increasing volume sales. Yes,
> this degrades your machine's performance. If you're on Windows, you're usually
> not really making use of multi-tasking and don't care. On a multi-user, real
> multi-tasking system like Linux/Unix, you most probably aren't going to be
> too thrilled by the performance hit you take to make this thing run. Plus,
> it's really likely to be one of those drivers-from-hell that, while evolving,
> scrag the system on a regular basis.
Those of us already running Linux already know what is the best hardware
to buy and not buy. The support for winmodems would be the mass of
people already duped into buying that preconfigured _insert brand here_
originally running windows. As long as the people currently using linux
don't just go buy a winmodem, there won't be a performance hit for them.
Any switching to linux from windows, they'll notice a dramatic increase
in speed so the winmodem eating cpu cycles won't be a factor to them.
They'll just be able to use linux without the microsoft tactic of
"upgrade your hardware to run our software."
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