Talk:Softmodem

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(in the same way that Hoover refers to any brand of vacuum cleaner)

What is a Hoover? Crusadeonilliteracy 12:59, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)

A brand of vacuum cleaner, of course. I changed it to Xerox, which I've seen elsewhere as the traditional example. --Geoffrey 01:42, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Umm... could someone please find a better example? From my perspective (being from England) Hoover was really good example for English people. However, we don't associate Xerox with photocopiers in quite the same way as (I assume american? Correct me if I'm wrong...) American people do. Maybe using both analogies? Undecided 19:34, 10 March 2006 (GMT)

[edit] PCMCIA modems

The first PCMCIA modems were certainly 'hard'modems (softmodems not being in use at the time), and probably the vast majority still are. Mirror Vax 19:55, 28 December 2005 (UTC)