Re: First WinModem for Linux

Russell Nelson (nelson@crynwr.com)
Wed, 4 Aug 1999 15:31:40 -0400 (EDT)

Mike A.Harris <mharris@meteng.on.ca> writes:
> Woohoo! It is about time! I'm going to get rid of this damned
> real modem that I have now, and walk^H^H^H^H_RUN_ to the nearest
> store that sells PC-TEL Linmodems, and buy one immediately.

That's short-sighted, Mike. A Linmodem makes a perfectly fine telco
interface. It takes no more CPU than a buffered UART running at
57600. See http:/linmodems.org for reasonable uses of a linmodem.

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