On Thu, 2008-06-12 at 10:21 -0500, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > Brad Rogers wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:57:58 +0200 > > Misko <asdrtg-mlist@yahoo.com.au> wrote: > > > > Hello Misko, > > > >> is if I can make my regular soundcard force to behave like modem? > > > > Possibly, but why would you want to? When you're on-line using a > > WinModem the CPU has to do all the work of (en|de)coding data that > > would normally be done by the modem itself. This slows the computer > > down. Maybe not much, but if you're doing something critical, time, and > > timing, may be of the essence. > > > > Using a proper modem is far and away the best approach. They're hardly > > expensive these days. Not like when I started out; A 300/300 & > > 1200/75 baud modem cost £125. That was in the 1980s. > > > > But they're not cheap: we're talking about an analog modem that does V92 > protocol. NewEgg has 2: one for $76.99 and one for $244.99 both U.S. > Robotics. How necessary is a modem really? Especially on a laptop? Seems like wifi support would be faster, easier and all around more accessible in this day and age. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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