[plug] wanted: 56k modem

[Bernd Felsche]

"Daniel Foote" <freefoote at gmail.com> writes:
>> Michael, in regard to your comments about PC's not handling the load,
>> from my understanding it's not about load but that external modems are
>> built for one purpose and internal's don't have the same in-built
>> dedicated functionality therefor don't usually perform as well.

>You used to be able to get internal modems that were functionally
>identical to external modems, in that they took serial commands and
>did stuff. (They usually presented an additional COM port to the
>computer, so they would have worked fine under Linux).

>Winmodems are often little more than a sound card with some telephone
>line interfacing circuitry. The driver on the PC has to figure out the
>right "noises" to make and then play them down the phone line.

Correct.

>It is a really cheap way to make a modem, because it needs less parts.
>That's why there are so many of them...

Not really fewer parts; just 5 cents cheaper.

Modem chips no longer cost $30 like they did in the 1980's.
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