rec.autos.simulators

Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 19:19:47 -0500

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To everyone,

I have an IBM Aptiva. It came with an Mwave system that I don't know too
much about. All I know is that the Modem and the Sound are run from the
same card. This is a problem because I can not connect at 28.8 and still
have sound. This sucks. Is there a way to get around this.

Second, Whenever I try to connect to my friends MAC, the fastest
connection is 9600 and the delay is .23 seconds which is terrible. I
hope someone out there can help me. I am desperate.

John Oliver

|> I have an IBM Aptiva. It came with an Mwave system that I don't know too
|> much about. All I know is that the Modem and the Sound are run from the
|> same card. This is a problem because I can not connect at 28.8 and still
|> have sound. This sucks. Is there a way to get around this.

What model of Aptiva?  I too have an Aptiva (S78) and can connect at 28.8
with sound, but this is a pretty new model too.

|> Second, Whenever I try to connect to my friends MAC, the fastest
|> connection is 9600 and the delay is .23 seconds which is terrible. I
|> hope someone out there can help me. I am desperate.

Connecting at a faster speed is not necessarily going to help your delay.
There is an inherent delay in sending and receiving data to/from modem
that is not dependent on your connection speed.  Not to say a faster
connection WON'T help, but it probably wouldn't scale the way you'd hope.

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Burlington, VT                          Phone: (802) 769-7104 (tie 446)

Welcome to the wonderful world of cheap, do-it-all hardware. IBM has tried
to sell people on MWAVE technology for a long time: "It's a modem and a
sound card. It's a floor wax and a dessert topping." Just not at the same
time, and not that good at either, I'm afraid.

The answer, which I'm sure you don't want to hear, is to buy a dedicated
modem and a dedicated sound card.

Dave Sparks
IWCCCARS Project: http://www.theuspits.com/iwcccars/index.html
Late Night League: http://www.sequoia-dev.com/Hawaii/latenite.html
Hawaii Handle: davids