[ILUG] real modems -v- linmodems -v- winmodems.

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Lisa Muir (34.24.34 at gmail.com):

> Thanks to Rick et al for the info. Trying to avoid external modems, it
> breaks the integrated solution I'm working towards and brings me into
> the dreaded wall-wart territory.
> 
> Seems like this one is the real deal:
> http://www.usrobotics.com:80/products/modem/modem-product.asp?sku=USR5610C

Seems so.  The codephrase on that page is "controller-based", which
equates approximately to "real modem".

It's funny if somewhat pathos-inducing that they are saying what amounts
to "This modem has performance advantages because it doesn't omit
necessary parts and emulate them in buggy, proprietary software."
Of course, it would never do for them to tell the plain truth, since
U.S. Robotics are the miscreants who created the concept of winmodems in
the first place.

(However, in general, their real modems have always been quite good.)

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Rick Moen                                              -- Steven Wright
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