Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GGI Project Unhappy On Linux | Date | Tue, 31 Mar 1998 05:12:28 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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David Wragg <dpw@doc.ic.ac.uk> said:
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> WinModems are a different matter. The manufacturers do not release > specifications from which drivers could be written, and the design of > the hardware implies a lot of work for the main CPU. Both of these > things are black marks against any device, especially the first one > because it makes the development of drivers virtually impossible. A > text-mode-less video card does not necessarily imply either of these > things.
The "no specs" part is just bad, the "uses lots of CPU power" makes them useless for any kind of "server" OS. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513
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