LinModems ... what to do?

[christoph at linuxsoup.com]

WinModem finds happiness at the bottom of the waste basket.
New external modem attached and my pop is happily forwarding
all his spam to me... :-(


Nathan Meyers wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 01:04:49PM -0500, Derek Atkins wrote:
> > "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.
> 
> With the emphasis on "vast". Best way to find a real internal modem is
> to find one with an ISA interface (assuming you can find a PC to use it
> in :-).
> 
> Nathan Meyers
> nmeyers at javalinux.net
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