On Fri, 11 Apr 1997, Rick wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > I found a PNP FAQ and double checked at usr.com. It seems that PNP modems > with emulated uart's (what an idea) are totally incompatable. This > "Winmodem" will only work with windows (not even DOS). > > By the way. I did do all that. > > I'm going to repost this under a WARNING subject. > > Another attemp to make M$ a monopoly?!? I hope this doesn't start a trend! >
i have a similar problem with a printer. a few days ago, someone asked me for help printing a TeX document. She knows nearly nothing about computers (can just use it if it works). For her masters thesis she bought a HP Deskjet 820C. In my country they sell that idiot thing for more than $500. After reading the manual and doublechecking by calling HP (another $10, "fast service"), I concluded that this thing only works under windows programs. under a 'dos box' (not even under plain dos) it emulates pcl (haha!), but now, after hours of trying, at least 20 general protection faults and 15 reboots i can only say that it seems to be a pcl-dialect that is not compatible with dvihplj. So lost $500. printer *useless*. i also spent 5 hours reinstalling win95 because printing incompatible PCL causes the printer driver to destroy the system registry... Normal reinstall was impossible. i finished using fdisk. it becomes really necessary to inform users that 'windows'-hardware is the worst choice possible, only making M$ monopoly and making good programs (tex) unusable. I welcome all warning postings. Jan
