Re: Hayes Compatibility

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"Andre Kostur" <nntpspam@kostur.net> wrote in message
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> =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Michael_J=2E_Sch=FClke?= <news0310@mjschuelke.de> wrote
> in MPG.19f0af45f668393198987d@News.individual.DE:">news:MPG.19f0af45f668393198987d@News.individual.DE:
>
> > Andre Kostur wrote:
> >>
> >> Generally what's meant there is "Hayes AT command set compatable".
> >> In the 15+ years I've been in computing, I've never personally run
> >> across a modem that _wasn't_ Hayes AT compatable....  I'd try just
> >> hooking up whatever modem you've got, and try that....
> >>
> > IIRC, most "WinModems" -- cheap internal modems for PCs, and on-board
> > modems -- aren't Hayes compatible. Command interpretation is done by
> > the (Windows) driver, hence the name.

This is incorrect. The driver creates the bridge between the system
and the ISA/PCI slot whichever it is. Drivers also setup IRQ and DMA.

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