From: Jeffrey Austen (terhi.victor@logonet.com)
Date: Thu Feb 03 2000 - 16:22:56 EET
>> If the modem needs a delay it should be responsible for creating the
>> appropriate delay. The software should not be responsible for operation
>> of the modem.
>
>Allthough I can agree here, reality shows that there are modems too "dumb"
>for that feature. It will need at least a minimum of "intelligence" to
>achieve what you want. And that means more hardware around the modem circuit,
>one thing that many people want to avoid because recent computers seem to
>have enough power to do almost everything in software.
If there is circuitry in the modem to cause a delay, e.g., a scrambler or a
convolutional encoder, the additional circuitry to hold the transmitter on
for an appropriate length of time is trivial by comparison. If there is no
delay in the modem, then additional circuitry is not needed. Why should we
needlessly complicate the interface by putting functions in inappropriate
places?
Jeff, k9ja
--- Jeffrey Austen | Tennessee Technological University evpi.ogfb@uta.fi | Box 5004 +1-931-372-3485 | Cookeville Tennessee 38505 U.S.A.
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