On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:19:04AM +0530, Kingsly John poked the keyboard with a stick and composed: > +++ V_Suresh [2002-08-23 11:11:07]: > > > I agree. I don't see any big harm in using internal modems. > > They're cheap. They're compact. Agreed. Only drawback is that they're > > mostly winmodems. If vendors release *nix drivers too for these, would > > be great. > > Not really considering the number of people that have lost external modems to > freak surges coming through the phoneline... I wonder what would happen to an > internal modem .. wouldn't the surge hit the motherboard/cpu too ?? > >
basically, there *are* *nix drivers for winmodems, but the main problem of these drivers are that they are "non free" (as in free speech) these drivers cause more harm than good IMO, and should be avoided one cannot help if one already has a winmodem, but when buying a new one, a winmodem is best avoided, simply because they do not have non-free drivers and regarding the surge thing, i have seen some UPS with "surge protection" for modems - dunno what they do -cheers- sdg : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Line numbering your programs (#6) LOST #265 To number each line of a program file, preserving the margins with a tab, do: $sed = filename | sed 'N;s/\n/\t/' ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>#################################### : ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
