FYI - the ActionTec was marked as compatible with Linux and had detailed instructions for Linux - how to find the interrupt, port address, edit setserial, make the device file etc. Took me all of 15 minutes, including opening the case. Stew Benedict On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > tom strickland wrote: > > > > My friend is about to buy a modem, and he'd like it to be compatible with > > linux. Buying PCI would be more futureproof than isa or serial. I know that > > winmodems don't work under linux - most software modems in other words. I > > know that pci modems don't work on linux at the moment (not without > > fiddling, and then only some), but will they work under kernel 2.4? > > Just like anything else: it depends... > > All winmodems are PCI-based, but not all PCI-based modems are > winmodems. If it costs more tham $65, it *probably* is a > "hardware" modem, as opposed to a winmodem, which is a.k.a. > a software modem. > > "Hardware" PCI-based modems will usually advertise the fact, > or say that they are DOS compatible. > > Ron > -- > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | http://ronandheather.dhs.org | > +----------------------------------------------------------+ > >
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