Why aren WinModems supported?
• (REG, quoting Edward S. Marshall) The problem is the lack of specifications for this hardware. Most companies producing so-called “WinModems” refuse to provide specifications which would allow non-Microsoft operating systems to use them. The basic issue is that they don’t work like a traditional modem; they don’t have a DSP, instead making the CPU do all the work. Hence, you can’t talk to them like a traditional modem, and you need to run the modem driver as a realtime task, or you’ll have serious data loss issues under any kind of load. They’re simply a poor design. • (REG) Note that some people have been putting effort into reverse engineering some WinModems, so you may be lucky and find that yours is now supported. If not, it’s time to get a refund and buy a real modem. Note that modems have to be approved by the appropriate statutory or regulatory body for standards compliance (to make sure they don’t send crap down the line and blow up the exchange). With WinModems, the driver s
