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MegalosSkylaki · 12-19-2001, 09:00 AM

Sorry to disabuse you guys !
But your "winmodem" is ONLY "pulling" your Interface i.e. plug-in the telephone.

It borrows the DSPDigital Signal Processor N maybe Controler from your System Resourses--you know that nice CPU of yours !

So all its pullin' is a telephone line !

The term is "software solution" as in "Economical"--in money , not on your CPU etc.

The issue is not "soft vs hard modems--but where to locate the interface (telephine plug in) of the soft modem if you don't see the need for a hard modem or want spend the coin. The $5.95 was more facetious , but they have the 19.95 --$30 Supramax externals and maybe they'll get a Us Robotics in again !

It's alright to have that powerful CPU doing almost all the work for your "modem", but the point I was making is if you are short of PCI slots, an easy way to open one up is to take that "plug 'in for the telephone"--which is pretty much what it is-- and move it outside the box.

This frees a needed slot PCI slot--if you do need one--amd letting your CPU go on doing the real work for the "softmodem"--which now resides outside the box !.

And if your machine is low on power, why not use one that has its own external power supply, taking part of one load off the PCI bus !

RESIDESOUTSIDETHEBOXDOOOG

P.S. Many softies work quite satisfactory in the context they are used and make their proud owners quite happy. of course there are differents context. And a low-end extenal soft-modem probably won't do any better under conditions that degrade in performance. The singular advantage is the one I noted.

12-19-2001, 09:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
MegalosSkylaki Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Nr. GroundZero NYC Posts: 1,863	Sorry to disabuse you guys ! But your "winmodem" is ONLY "pulling" your Interface i.e. plug-in the telephone. It borrows the DSPDigital Signal Processor N maybe Controler from your System Resourses--you know that nice CPU of yours ! So all its pullin' is a telephone line ! The term is "software solution" as in "Economical"--in money , not on your CPU etc. The issue is not "soft vs hard modems--but where to locate the interface (telephine plug in) of the soft modem if you don't see the need for a hard modem or want spend the coin. The $5.95 was more facetious , but they have the 19.95 --$30 Supramax externals and maybe they'll get a Us Robotics in again ! It's alright to have that powerful CPU doing almost all the work for your "modem", but the point I was making is if you are short of PCI slots, an easy way to open one up is to take that "plug 'in for the telephone"--which is pretty much what it is-- and move it outside the box. This frees a needed slot PCI slot--if you do need one--amd letting your CPU go on doing the real work for the "softmodem"--which now resides outside the box !. And if your machine is low on power, why not use one that has its own external power supply, taking part of one load off the PCI bus ! RESIDESOUTSIDETHEBOXDOOOG P.S. Many softies work quite satisfactory in the context they are used and make their proud owners quite happy. of course there are differents context. And a low-end extenal soft-modem probably won't do any better under conditions that degrade in performance. The singular advantage is the one I noted. Last edited by MegalosSkylaki : 12-19-2001 at 09:51 AM.