On Wed, 29 Mar 2000, Bill Barnes wrote:
> Thanks for the tip. And I specifically bought a "hardware" modem.
>
> >===== Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] =====
> >Bill Barnes wrote:
> >
> >> US Robotics 56K Voice PCI*
> >> *couldn't connect in Mandrake 6.1, doubt that it will in 7.0
> >
> >The problem is that modem is actually a Winmodem =) 3Com has been working
> very
> >hard to hide this fact from its customers.
> >
> >I no longer buy their modems.
> >
> >-Stephen-
>
Basically, as a good rule of thumb (and that's ALL it is, not a "hard and fast"
rule!!!) you can forget ANY PCI modem. There's a couple out there that are
hardware modems, and a few that are "LinModems" but in general, stay away from
PCI modems.
John
