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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!newshost.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!torn!nott!bcarh189.bnr.ca!bmerhc5e.bnr.ca!bmerh8bf!atrens From: atrens@bmerh8bf.bnr.ca (Andrew Atrens) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Q: Microcom Modem Driver? Date: 1 Mar 1996 16:38:52 GMT Organization: Bell Northern Research Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4h796s$gdu@bmerhc5e.bnr.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: bmerh8bf.bnr.ca Summary: How difficult technical, legal and otherwise? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Hi all, I've got a microcom modem that optionally uses the parallel port instead of the serial port for very high throughput of compressable data ( up to 300 KB/s they claim ) on a 28.8 link. I would guess that a driver for this isn't available as yet. So my question is: how difficult would it be to write one? What are the issues involved here, technical, legal and otherwise? Cheers, Andrew Atrens, Bell Northern Research ( aka Nortel Tech. ) OPINIONS EXPRESSED ARE MY OWN, AND IN NO WAY REPRESENT THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER.