Re: driver for 3COM USR PCI v.90 modem?
Jamie Lokier (lkd@tantalophile.demon.co.uk)
Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:27:11 +0200
Gerhard Mack wrote:
> Just a note ... I don't think minimum system requirements indicate a
> software DSP on PCI as the minimum is now something that comes with a PCI
> bus and an OS that can handle such a non standard com port.
>
> I wish the industry would standardise a way to tell the diffrence by
> looking at the box. Considering that the winmodem makers wouldn't mark
> their product willingly, perhapse somone could persuade the manufacturers
> of real modems to mark it with "ON BOARD DSP" as a selling feature.
ON BOARD DSP is not good enough. Many winmodems have an on board DSP
and so in principle can be quite good hardware, perform well etc., but
they're not documented and don't behave like a UART.
It'd have to be EMULATES SERIAL PORT WITHOUT SPECIAL DRIVER.
-- Jamie
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