Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 05:51:05 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: network modem combo
My ancient psion dacom gold card finally gave up the ghost - it's been flakey for a while - so I had to chase a replacement this weekend. Ended up with a Linksys PCMLM56 combo: 10/100 network and 56k modem. It's seen by Mandrake linux 7.1 as soon as it's plugged in, and even the W98 install went without a hitch (and to my amusement, even though there's a warning in the manual that they don't support linux, there's a Turbolinux CD in the pack! It's not the cheapest - cost me �58 inc vat from Morgan Computers, and Dabs and Simply both have equivalents starting at about �40 - but the big advantage to me is that it doesn't have soap-on-a-rope dongles. There's a bulge on the end with the network and phone connectors, and activity lights (count 'em - six!) so you can see what's going on. Recommended. (and yes, I know 100M is a bit pointless on a 16 bit card, but it means it talks to any network :) Neil _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
