Practical Peripherals are GREAT modems, the may look a little weird, but
there extranels are great, work with linux, and dam cheap to, might want
to check a couple of them out.
>
> >
> > Howdy, Y'all:
> >
> > I've been perusing the web/catalogs/flyers and it seems that
> > the modem
> > manufacturers/resellers are obfuscating that their modems are
> > winders-only.
> > I bought a modem at a local computer show because it indicated that it
> > worked with DOS/WIN3/WIN95/WIN98. I figured that if it
> > worked with DOS
> > it would work with linux. Wrong! I sent an email to the
> > manufacturer and
> > they replied that it was, indeed, a win-modem.
> >
> > Is there a resource somewhere that lists modems that do .vs. do not
> > REQUIRE windoze?
> >
> > I would like to upgrade to v.90, but I cannot tell whether
> > the available
> > modems are 'real' and which are 'virtual/windoze' modems.
> >
> > Happy Holidays,
> > Chuck
> >
>
> I would look at the Practical Peripherals and US Robotics modems. Most
> of their modems that I have worked with are standard modems and follow
> most, if not all, of the Standard AT commands. I hope this helps, (I
> don't know about their newest modems, but I would believe that they
> would have some standard (non-win) modems....)
>
> Tim
>
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> Timothy Hughes
> Associate Technical Analyst
> American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
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