> andre3@sercomtel.com.br wrote:
> > I do not know enough to participate on this issue, but i have a simple
> > question: doesn't these modems have ms-windows drivers? Does this drivers
> > suffer from all this problems? Because even being a crap, these modems
> > function well on windows most of time.
>
> There are many reports of winmodems generally working quite badly in
> Windows. Occasional line drops, that sort of thing. I don't know if it
> applies to the models we're working on at the moment.
I've worked with several different varieties of Winmodem, and of all of them,
the Motorola SM56 seems to suck most (or, at least it's driver does). Do
anything that will be tying the machine up for a little while - compiling,
rendering a large page in Netscape, etc., and presto, a line drop.
On an unrelated note, and further off-topic - does anyone know of a modem that
will *currently* work with Linux, and which returns 'RING' or 'RINGING' when
the other end is ringing (and ATX4 or similar is selected)? It's a bit of an
unusual requirement, I realise, and seems to be something modem manufacturers
have silently stopped doing. I'm on the list, but I think replies would be
better directed straight to me.
-- Jon Bright Lead Programmer, Silicon Circus Ltd. http://www.siliconcircus.co.uk
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