LinModems ... what to do?

[warlord at MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)]

"Scott Prive" <scottprive at earthlink.net> writes:

> > think I'll just send dad to Fry's for  56k real modem!.
> 
> It's been a while since I looked at modems for Linux, but back in the day I
> never *could* find a definitive list of internal modems that worked with
> Linux. Instead I shopped for external modems, which I knew would always
> work. There may be some supported internal modems now, and someone could
> reply with a recomendation...

Linux should work with any internal _real_ modem.  It's the WinModems
that have problems, and unfortunately the vast majority of internal modems
are WinModems, not real modems.

But honestly, who needs a modem nowadays, except in a laptop?

-derek

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