On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, rpjday wrote:
> On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 06 Jul 2000, Stephen King wrote:
> > > Could someone define for me the difference between a winmodem and a regular
> > > modem?
> > >
> > WinModem is missing most of the hardware that makes a modem. It's
> > replaced by software that EMULATES the missing hardware, thus making
> > the processor do all the work that used to be done by the missing
> > hardware.
> > John
>
> one wonders what the next world's dumbest invention will be. winmonitors?
> winkeyboards? wincd-roms? winhard-drives? god, i wish i was being
> facetious. sigh.
>
> rday
>
>
>
Well, with Transmeta's approach, I guess you have "Lin"Processors ??? :-)
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