Linux-Hardware Digest #40, Volume #11 Wed, 18 Aug 99 14:13:26 EDT
Contents:
Re: overclocked system? (Larry Ozarow)
Re: ATI Rage 128 GL AGP / X11 / RedHat 6.0 ("St�phane")
Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Voodoo vs. Riva TNT ("Lee Sharp")
Re: Probs with LS-120 (Christopher W. Aiken)
Diskette Longevity ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ATI Rage 128 GL AGP / X11 / RedHat 6.0 (David C.)
Zip Drives... ("Lt. Brandon Szalai, USNR")
Re: purchasing new system - suggestions? (David C.)
Packard Bell Legend 20CD (Steve Lincoln)
question about graphic-adapter (Weirdmf)
Re: Diskette Longevity ("Lt. Brandon Szalai, USNR")
Olympus MO230ii with SCSI-LPT interface ?!? (Oleg Krivosheev)
Re: Acer CDRW 6206 : problems at boot (Aaron Ginn)
swap partition size issues (Jeremy Fincher)
Re: Problem on CDRECORD (Gustin Kiffney)
configuring single hard drive on Ultra DMA controller as /dev/hda vs /e (Alvin
Garcia)
Re: RH6 Install and Partition Prob, Expert level (John Strange)
modemblaster (j)
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From: Larry Ozarow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: overclocked system?
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 14:23:07 +0000
Tim wrote:
> I was thinking about installing linux on my system which has an
> overclocked 300a to 450 on an Abit bx6 board. I heard linux is more
> "sensitive" to overclocking than windows, but scince I'm not
> overclocking the pci bus (running at the 100 bus) I wondered if people
> had success with it. Thanks.
I've used a 300a overclocked to 450 on an Abit BX6-R2 running
processor-intensive simulations
for days on end with no problems whatsoever.
Larry
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From: "St�phane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 GL AGP / X11 / RedHat 6.0
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 18:01:58 +0200
Hello,
Go on the site : http://perso.libertysurf.fr/steph2 it's in french but it's
a good method for use Ati Rage on linux.
St�phane.
Iteration X a �crit dans le message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Installed RH 6.0 on a Gateway E-4200 with a P3/450 and an ATI Rage 128
>GL AGP video card.
>
>Can't seem to get an Xserver to find the card or work. Tried the
>Mach64 server, but no dice.
>
>If I understand this correctly, I don't need the OpenGL support in
>X11, I'll need to find that elsewhere. I just need an Xserver that
>will work.
>
>Ah, the joys of running Linux on new hardware . . .
>
>Help?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Need help! want to intsall Linux but Compusa says No!
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 15:18:27 GMT
I am thinking about installing Linux on a new computer.
It will have the below listed hardware.
AMDK6-3 400
128M PC100
FIC-2013a MB
8.4G HD
44X CDROM
Ricoh CDRW
Adaptec-SSCII 1569??? Can�t remember number
SB value 64 sound card
STB TV adapter card
ATI Rage Pro AGP or New AGP card.
Cardinal Connecta 3440 modem V.90 ISA
NE2000 PCI net card
I went to CompUSA to buy a copy of Linux for $29.95, but the sales
Staff told me I would have problems with the OS and my hardware. They
said that Linux had no support for CD�s (The program was on a CD) or CD
Writers and that I would have a problem setting up my sound card and
Modem and most of the hardware.
I wanted to get the REAL scoop on this.
Will I be able to use my CD writer? MOST IMPORTANT!
I thought this was a good OS with support for most hardware. I read the
package, but it did not say anything about compatible hardware so I put
it down and did not buy.
Please help! I want to try the OS but do not want to give up the CD
writer or net card. The other items such, as the TV card isn't so
Important. Can anyone lead me into the right direction, a Web page or
something to study up on the hardware compatibility.
Also I heard that the OS is free on the Internet. How do you download
and install it? I have a T1 line here and should be able to get it
fairly fast. Which directories do I copy from the FTP sites? I also
heard Corel was giving away WordPerfect for Linux.
Thanks in advance for the information!
Old555
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Voodoo vs. Riva TNT
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 09:40:22 -0500
Frank Turner wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
|I'm looking to get a 3D accelerator for my PC.
|I'm hoping to get on that has the best graphics and the best Linux
|support
|for under $120. (I'm poor.... : )
|I was thinking about the Rava TNT, just caus it's som simple, only one
|card....
|BUT.... I've heard good things about the Voodoo2 & 3...
|What about other 3dFX cards?
|What's the best 3D card?
I have personally set up Voodoo 1 and 2, Voodoo 3 3000, Riva TNT and Riva
TNT2 Ultra. The Nvida drivers for Linux are easier to set up, and have a
better GL implementation. A friend of mine does visual simulation at NASA
JSC. They have Several Inde 2 Extremes and a Onix. They just got 2 new
systems for a new project. They were speced by my friend... TNT2 Ultras.
That said, neither car is a bad choice. They are both very fast, and have
great picture quality. Go on price, if you have to.
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. * Black
holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an individual, not
as a representative of any company, organization or other entity. I am
solely responsible for my words.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher W. Aiken)
Subject: Re: Probs with LS-120
Date: 18 Aug 1999 15:43:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have the same problem with my parallel port LS-120.
The whole system comes to a hault until access to the
LS-120 is complete. It also takes forever to copy files
to the LS-120. One 56MB file took 28 minutes to copy !!
I have tried both SuSE 6.1 and Mandrake 6.0 and both do
the same exact thing.
If nayone out there knows of a solution, i would
also be gratefull.
...cwa
Steffen Sobiech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
->Hi!
->
->My LS-120 parallel-port drive works basically fine with Linux,
->but everytime the computer accesses it the system cpu usage goes to
->100% and it nearly freezes up until the drive operation is completed.
->I think the problem has something to do with the parallel-port driver
->not working correctly, as it does not use the irq I assigned it.
--
===================================================================
Christopher W. Aiken
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
SuSE 6.1, Kernel 2.2.7
Mandrake 6.0, Kernel 2.2.9
The box said 'WIN95/98 or better.' so I installed LINUX!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Diskette Longevity
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 15:31:36 GMT
Hello. I've been using the same floppy disk for the past two
months, popping it in and out of my drives several times a day
and transporting nearly everyday.
Yesterday, I couldn't mount the disk because of some bad sector.
(don't remember the error.) So my guess is the diskette just wore out.
Fortunately, I still have my stuff on my hard drive.
Now my question is:
1. how long do floppy 1.2MB diskettes last?
2. Are zip drives more robust?
3. If a disk has a few bad sectors, is there anyway to recover what
might be left on the good sectors? (Perhaps none of my data fell
on the bad sectors) That is, is there some sort of Norton's
Utilities for Linux?
Thanks.
-Godfrey Degamo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 GL AGP / X11 / RedHat 6.0
Date: 18 Aug 1999 11:32:07 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff McWilliams) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Iteration X wrote:
>>
>> Installed RH 6.0 on a Gateway E-4200 with a P3/450 and an ATI Rage
>> 128 GL AGP video card.
>>
>> Can't seem to get an Xserver to find the card or work. Tried the
>> Mach64 server, but no dice.
>>
>> If I understand this correctly, I don't need the OpenGL support in
>> X11, I'll need to find that elsewhere. I just need an Xserver that
>> will work.
>>
>> Ah, the joys of running Linux on new hardware . . .
>>
>> Help?
>
> Use www.deja.com and search this news group and comp.os.linux.x for
> Rage 128.
>
> Essentially, the Rage 128 chipset isn't supported in either the Mach64
> or the SVGA servers. You need to enable VESA Framebuffer support in a
> Linux 2.2.x Kernel, and use the XFBDev server.
Or purchase Xi Graphics' server, which supports it. http://www.xig.com.
Their price is $100, including free updates.
I don't know how well it works, but if you don't want to use VESA and
you don't want to wait for the XFree86 people to release a driver, this
may be a good alternative. Someone else who posted here said it worked
well.
-- David
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From: "Lt. Brandon Szalai, USNR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip Drives...
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:08:00 -0400
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en">
<html>
I have an internal zip drive and I'm kicking myself in the ass for buying
it. I wish I had bought the external version so I can take it with me when
I go out to repair other people's computers.
<p>If you plan on transporting files on zip disks, you either need to do
one of two things: buy another zip drive for the other computer so you
have access to the files on the zip disk or buy an external one and take
it with you. That way, the only thing you need to do is load up the drivers
for it on each computer you plan on working on and you're good to go. Stick
with the parallel port version if you plan on transporting your drive around
to different computers. The scsi version is good but not every computer
has a scsi card in it.
<p>Hope this helps...
<p>Brandon Szalai</html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Subject: Re: purchasing new system - suggestions?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 11:50:56 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I'm not sure what NIC I should go with. I don't really need a
> 100MB/sec card; I just want one that will be autodetected by
> RedHat 6.0. Suggestions?
Here's RedHat's list:
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/60/rh6.0-hcl-i.ld.html
I've experience with NE-2000 clones and some 3Com cards.
NE-2000 cards are well supported, although you might have to manually
provide IRQ and port settings with some cards. You may also have to
configure the card's hardware with a DOS program, depending on what kind
you get.
At work, I use 3Com 3C905 and 3C905B cards. The 905C isn't yet
supported by RedHat, although someone posted a reference to a driver you
can download.
> Also, I'd like a video card that will be autodetected by RedHat 6.0,
> has strong linux support (no visual artifacts in XFree86), and
> preferably supports 1600x1200 with at least 16 bit colour.
Again, see the RedHat list. I have used these cards with XFree86:
- JAX 8241 - a generic S3 801/805 card. Worked OK with the S3 server,
but setup took a bit of playing around. X can't probe this card for
anything or it crashes.
- Diamond Stealth 3D 2000 - uses the S3 ViRGE chipset. Worked well with
both the SVGA and S3V servers. Can't achieve high-resolution and
high-refresh rates at 16-bit color.
- ATI Xpert98 - uses the RAGE-Pro chipset. Works perfectly with the
MACH64 server.
- ATI All-in-Wonder - uses the RAGE-II chipset. Works perfectly with
the MACH64 server.
- STB Velocity 128 - uses the N-Vidia RIVA-128 chipset. Works perfectly
with the SVGA server.
- Creative Graphics Blaster-TNT - uses the N-Vidia RIVA-TNT chipset.
Works perfectly with the SVGA server.
> I may also upgrade my 17" monitor to a 19" monitor. Does anyone have
> any suggestions for a good 19" monitor that will (again) be supported
> by the RedHat 6.0 install? (I'd prefer not having to edit modelines,
> etc. for XF86.)
Any modern multisync monitor should be able to lock on to any frequency
XFree86 puts out. Just get the horizontal and vertical frequency limits
(from the monitor's manual, hopefully) and plug them into the
/etc/X11/XF86config file. The xf86config program (I don't know about
XConfigurator) provides modelines for nearly every resolution you're
likely to want to use. Not every refresh rate you may want is in there,
however, so you may want to play with modelines, but that's not
necessary.)
Most monitors have extensive controls for sizing and positioning the
image, so you shouldn't have to tweak modelines for that, either.
Choose your monitor, just like you would do for any other OS. Check the
dot-pitch, multisync limits, and price. And ask your dealer to
demonstrate it at the resolution you plan on using. And go with a
reliable brand. (I have a thing for Sony monitors, but there are plenty
of other good brands out there.)
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lincoln)
Subject: Packard Bell Legend 20CD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 16:17:55 GMT
On attempting to install Mandrake 6.0 onto a Packard Bell Legend 20CD,
I ran into by problems. System is as follows:
Winchip 100 Mhz
16 MEgs of Ram
HDA1:1 GIG
HDA2: 420 Meg
Aztech Sound Card
Tulip Network Card
Install from HD
I get to the point where I may select where the Mandrake/RPMS and
Mandrake/Base files are, the computer pauses and I get an error
message informing me that mount contains invalid argurment, this
shouldn't be happening I am going to reboot your computer now.
Is this a RAMissue? Not enough? Anyone, pleas help I wanna use this
box for linux firewalling etc.
Thanks,
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Weirdmf)
Subject: question about graphic-adapter
Date: 18 Aug 1999 16:13:44 GMT
i need support for my old graphic-adapter! it has 2mb, a video-output and a
chip called CYBER PRO 2000 of InteGraphics. do someone know how i must config
sax for my wm? or where i can find some drivers?
thx!
sorry because of my bad english....
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From: "Lt. Brandon Szalai, USNR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Diskette Longevity
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:13:43 -0400
You could always run scandisk to hopefully repair the bad sectors. Zip
disks will eventually have the same problems. After all, they are nothing
but big floppy disks. I suggest you only copy those files you want to put
onto floppy/zip disks. Both disks have a shelf life of approximately 5
years. But of course, the more you use them, the shorter the life span.
Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn't use either for long term data
storage/back-ups. The best way to store data and/or transport data is to
burn it onto a cd-rom (if you have that capability).
Brandon Szalai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello. I've been using the same floppy disk for the past two
> months, popping it in and out of my drives several times a day
> and transporting nearly everyday.
>
> Yesterday, I couldn't mount the disk because of some bad sector.
> (don't remember the error.) So my guess is the diskette just wore out.
> Fortunately, I still have my stuff on my hard drive.
>
> Now my question is:
>
> 1. how long do floppy 1.2MB diskettes last?
> 2. Are zip drives more robust?
> 3. If a disk has a few bad sectors, is there anyway to recover what
> might be left on the good sectors? (Perhaps none of my data fell
> on the bad sectors) That is, is there some sort of Norton's
> Utilities for Linux?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Godfrey Degamo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: Oleg Krivosheev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Olympus MO230ii with SCSI-LPT interface ?!?
Date: 18 Aug 1999 11:36:33 -0500
Hi, All
just got olympus MO230ii magneto-optical drive which
is SCSI but has SCSI and LPT cables
i do not have SCSI card in my computer, so the question is:
is it possible to attach and use this drive using parallel
port cable/interface? i do read Optical-HOWTO and got an
impression that drive works fine if SCSI interface is ised.
Is anyone tried to use this stuff with parallel cable/port?
any help is greatly appreciated
thank you
oleg
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From: Aaron Ginn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Acer CDRW 6206 : problems at boot
Date: 18 Aug 1999 09:43:01 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm totally stuck! I installed a new Acer CDRW 6206A drive in my
> Mandrake Linux 6.0 system. Now I get a strange message at boot:
>
> hda: Maxtor 86480D6, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: WDC AC31600H, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: no response (status = 0xd0), resetting drive
> hdc: CRW6206A, ATAPI CDROM drive
First of all, if you want to use your IDE CD-Writer under Linux, you
need to recompile the kernel so that Linux _thinks_ your CD-RW is a
SCSI drive and not an IDE drive. Read the CD-Writing HOWTO for more
info. After this, your drives will probably be known as /dev/scd0
and /dev/scd1.
>
> I have two hard drives on the IDE0 bus. The CDRW is the Master of the
> IDE1 bus with no slave drive. This is not a problem by itself because
> the CDRW works as a conventional CDROM once the system is booted.
> However, I also have a fast Acer CD-ROM that I want to use as the slave
> on IDE1. When I plug it in, the kernel gives the same error message and
> doesn't even recognize that the CDROM exists. When I try to mount the
> CD-ROM, I get the message:
>
> mount: /dev/hdd is not a valid block device
>From your boot messages, Linux does not see /dev/hdd, so of course it
doesn't think it's a valid block device.
>
> I think the hardware connection is valid because, surprisingly enough,
> all the drives actually work and play well together under Windows! Does
> anybody have any idea how to make two hard drives, one CDRW, and one
> CDROM all work together under Linux? At this point I just want to see
> the CDRW as a read-only device.
This really should work right out of the box with no hassles. I know
you said that Windows can use both drives, but are you _sure_ that you
have the jumpers set correctly on the drives? I have this exact setup with
my CDRW as the master and my CDROM as the slave on the secondary controller
and Linux has never had a problem recognizing the drives. Does your BIOS
recognize the drives properly?
>
> My system:
> Linux version 2.2.9-19mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
> pgcc-2.91.66
> 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)) #1 Wed May 19 19:53:00 GMT 1999
> Intel Pentium II
>
> Could this be a config problem with my Plug'n'Play BIOS? This drive is
> supposed to be true ATAPI--but is it?
My advice to you is to check the cdrecord-compatible hardware list to be
sure that your drive is listed, and then rebuild your kernel to emulate
SCSI CD support. Hopefully, your problem will be resolved. If not, check
your BIOS and jumper settings. The hardware list is at
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/private/cdwriters-1.8.html
HTH,
Aaron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Fincher)
Subject: swap partition size issues
Date: 18 Aug 1999 17:41:42 GMT
I'll be succint here: I have 256mb of ram. How big should I make my swap
partition?
Thanks,
Jeremy
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From: Gustin Kiffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem on CDRECORD
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 17:46:40 GMT
What command line did you use in mkisofs to create the disk image?
The loop device (they call it 'loopback device' in menuconfig) support
is under 'block devices' in menuconfig. Are you mounting it with
the '-t iso9660' option?
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I want to run cdrecord as cron job, I did not use any X shell
> together with
> cdrecord.
>
> I burn CD as the man page of cdrecord suggested:
>
> 1> mkisofs
> 2> mount ISOimage to check if it is correct
> 3> cdrecord from the iso image
>
> The problem is .. I can run mkisofs without problem,
> fail to mount ISOimage coz I didn't build "loop" support, so I cannot
> check,
> the cdrecord process goes smooth.
>
> But finally, the CD format cannot be regonized in either Linux or
> Windows.
> Although Linux can mount it, but cannot see it is iso9660 format.
>
> What is the problem?
>
> And .. where is that "loop" device in menuconfig? Thank you
>
> (I am using Debian 2.1, 2.0.36)
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alvin Garcia)
Subject: configuring single hard drive on Ultra DMA controller as /dev/hda vs /e
Date: 18 Aug 1999 13:53:12 -0400
Hello,
I have a single hard drive hanging off of a Promise Ultra33 Ultra DMA
controller. I am trying to install VMware (www.vmware.com) for use with an
existing WinNT installation, via the '-rawdisk' option to vmware-config. The
problem is that vmware-config only works with /dev/hd{a,b,c,d}, and my only
hard disk is on /dev/hde. Is is possible to configure the Ultra DMA
controller as the primary controller (/dev/hda & /dev/hdb)? I tried disabling
the motherboard's onboard IDE controllers via the BIOS, but the disk is still
recognized as /dev/hde when I boot linux. Any suggestions would be greatly
appreciated (please cc my e-mail if posting a response).
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Strange)
Subject: Re: RH6 Install and Partition Prob, Expert level
Date: 18 Aug 1999 17:19:24 GMT
What you might do is create a 64m boot partition, 128m swap partition
and a 1gig partition where all the software goes. I used fdisk to
set the partition ids then used durid to
mark the "/boot" and "/" partitions
Phillip Soloweszyk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hello,
: I am trying to install RedHat 6.0 on an 18gb WD18000RTL hard drive. I
: have a primary NTFS partition of 4 gigs that I would like to keEp on the
: drive already. The rest of the space is unformatted and that leaves about
: 14 gigs of unformatted free space. I have used only the Windows NT
: install to make the 4 gig NTFS partition.
: The expert mode in fdisk shows:
: size:18043 Cylinders:34960 Heads:16 Precomp:65535 Landz:34959
: The bios on my Gigabyte 6BXE recognized my HDD this way and that is how it
: is set up in the bios.
: When I reach the stage of the RedHat install that requires the partitions
: to be made, I try to make the first / partition of 100 megs and DiskDruid
: tells me there is not enough space available for the partition. I have
: tried enlarging and shrinking the partition to no avail.
: Next I tried using fdisk to make the partitions but when I use the v
: command to verify the partition tanle, fdisk tells me my partitions
: overlap.
: With 14 gigs of free space on my primary master HDD this oughta work. I
: have no concept what is going on here. I would like to end up with a dual
: boot system between NT4.0 and RedHat 6.0 Any help would be greatly
: appreciated.
: My icq# is 11035638 and on AOL IM I am dreamr0102 Feel free to contact me
: either way.
: Thank you all for your help,
: Phillip S.
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Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 11:04:39 -0700
From: j <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modemblaster
does anyone know if the isa modemblasters are winmodems or hardware
modems? I couldn't really get much info off the site about the
hardware.
thanks.
j.
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