> Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> > I don't think it's Rockwell. They make the chips for most all the
> > Modems. I mistakenly referred to them as TI (Texas Instruments) in
> > my earlier post.
> >
> > I think that you will find that it's the code that runs on your ix86
> > that "they" are so concerned about. The whole damn modem is emulated!
> > It is not a real modem, it is a software emulation! It costs a lot
> > of Engineering hours to emulate a modem. The idea is to remove
> > hardware, which has a cost, and substitute software, which is "free"!
> > -- Pointy-haired management ideas here.
>
> You have to remember that these people had the code that they wrote for
> the DSPs, and just ported it to the x86... I highly doubt they started from
> scratch... a Linux winmodem driver, OTOH, wouldnt have the years of
> fine-tuning and bugfixes that winmodems have, as their driver code is
> based on years of hardware modems...
Debugged? are you talking about the same winmodem that loses packets if
you put a little load on it?
-- Gerhard Mack irc admin skyline.starchat.netgmack@imag.net innerfire@starchat.net
As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing.
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