Winmodems are called "win"modems because they require windows OS to operate.
Some of the normal hardware functions have been offloaded to the driver and the
CPU, and all the drivers are windows based.
The safest modem is an external!
HTH
Gary Joyce
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, you wrote: > Here is a site from redhat that shows a
hardware compatibilty list. Since > mandrake is based on redhat it should help
with hardware under mandrake. >
> http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/rhl/intel/rh51-hardware-intel.html#toc14
> is your modem a winmodem?
> As far as I know winmodems won't work under linux.
>
> you could try this site
> http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO.html
