Eregon wrote:
(Speechless) wrote in news:43f6adc7.38586109
@news.sasktel.net:
There are two kinds of modems:
Hardware modem = works with Linux
Software modem, aka "WinModem", works only with Windows
Bad news, boobie: the "WinModem" is HARDWARE, too!
Maybe, but there are a bunch of them that are (mostly) soft stuff.
There has to be some hardware to latch the output bits, but the
rest of what goes on inside a UART can be emulated with code.
It's a lot cheaper in high volume production.