Re: [LI] Winmodems

[Bilal Muddassir <noorh@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We all know that in Winmodems, the hardware jobs are done using software.
Right. They are slow at times because they put load on the main processor.
Right. But is that software Windows specific? If so why? Otherwise someone
can port it to Linux. If they can and do not, there has to be some other
reason...

Someone explain!

On Wed, 22 Dec 1999, Anuj Jain wrote:

> Dude,
> 
> Just a thought.. But why can't Linux run Windmodems?? I mean, windows is
> also a software, right? We have emulators and stuff. So why is it that
> people just throw their hands up when it comes to winmodems?? I have a
> Motorola VoiceSurfr 56K, which though isnt a modem, uses some host
> signal processing or something like that, and can be run only with
> windows.
> 
> I have searched and searched and searched the net, but have not been
> able to gather any info. Any help will be much appreciated.

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