modem:is it a winmodem?

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

Also FWIW. While some winmodems will work under Linux, but you do 
pay a penalty in that your CPU is doing the work that previously was 
performed by the modem. 
Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
Associate Director
Boston Linux and Unix user group
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