Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Aug 1999 06:12:58 +0000 | From | Steve Underwood <> | Subject | Re: First WinModem for Linux |
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"Mike A. Harris" wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > >>From LinuxToday: > > > >"PC-TEL announces new LinModem" > >http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-08/lw-08-linmodem.html > > > >Does anybody have links to code or the original announcement? The > >article here says only that the drivers went to OEMs today. No useful > >links, code, or discussion of software license could be found in a quick > >scan. > > 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. > > They've done a great thing for the Linux community now, and > deserve to be supported. Now if we could just convince 3Dfx to > create LinVoodoo III cards, we'd really be rocking. Just > imagine, your CPU acting as the main chip on the Voodoo III card! > I'll bet you could burn two CD's at once on a single IDE channel > while having a game of Quake II on a 200Mhz system (online of > course with your Linmodem). > > Lets all try and get as many companies as possible to create > peripherals that contain not even one atom of silicon - just > wires. Hey - 1Ghz CPU's are just around the corner right? Gotta > have something for them to do...
Not a very smart response. A dumb modem may not be what you are I want, but its certainly what people making <$200 Internet access boxes want. A $50 modem in a $200 computer makes about as much sense as a $50 Winblows licence.
Steve
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