> > > that can do 230400 bps but they're expensive (for a serial card) and I
> still
> > > have to make sure I get one that's supported by NetBSD.
> >
> > dumb serial PCI cards are all supported. if not - few new lines in
> > pucdata.c makes it supported :)
> >
> > USB to serial bridges is better and cheaper solution anyway.
>
> I never used one... It sounds like a good solution but do they need OS
> support?
> (like, how does one set the serial comm parameters?)

yes. see ucom(4)
> > anyway - can't your modem record at 11025 8-bit u-law or a-law? 16-bit
> > linear won't be better as logarithmic 8-bit is the way voice is
> > actually transmitted.
>
> I can always try... but I'd rather limit the number of encoding/decoding
> cycles.

there will be exactly same cycles...