On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 00:16 +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2008-06-11 14:07:14, schrieb Paul Johnson: > > What modem? "Winmodems" aren't modems, they're sound boards with the > > wrong audio connector. > > This is definitivly wrong. A WinModem is a DA/AD-Converter with phone > stuff attached. A WinModem isn't a modem, though: All the modulating and demodulating is done in software on the CPU, not in hardware like a real modem. It's just a DA/AD converter wrapped around a hookswitch and an RJ11. A sound card is the same thing without the hookswitch and some proper audio connections. So yes, a WinModem /is/, by definition, either a useless sound card or a defective-by-design modem. I tend to go with the former since it doesn't present a paradox. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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