1. I've seen MANY, MANY, MANY isa modems that are HSP modems (Winmodems).
Don't spend your money based on this rule of thumb. As a ***very rough***
guideline, 56K modems that cost less than $50 are HSP.
2. To find out reliably which modems are which, go to the database that I
and others have previously mentioned in this thread.
3. Or examine the modem packaging VERY carefully to see if
a. it specifically mentions having a UART (typically a 16550A)
- this means it is NOT an HSP modem
b. it specifically mentions working with an OS other than
Win95/98/NT . If it works with DOS or Win 3.1 (a few will
even mention Linux), then it is *almost* certainly not HSP.
c. it says that WIn95/98/NT is required. In this case, it almost
certainly is HSP.
4. Other rough guidelines that work are:
a. all external modems that use the serial post are okay with
Linux (though there are some around, I'm told, that have
problems supporting PPP under any OS). Note the serial-port
restriction - Linux doesn't support USB modems yet (or am
I out of date here?).
b. almost all PCI modems are HSP modems and will not work with
Linux. Two (last time I checked) exceptions are listed in
the database.
At 11:38 AM 8/29/99 -0400, John Aldrich wrote [in part]:
>On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, you [Joaquin] wrote:
>> Which modems are "real hardware modems"? I am interested such in internal
>> modems as in external one.
>>
>Pretty much any PCI modem will be a "software" modem, and any ISA
>modem will be hardware. Also, 99.999% of the external modems (I don't
>want to say ALL externals, because then someone will point out some
>little-known brand/model <G>) are hardware-only.
>Supra (owned by Diamond) makes some good ISA internal modems.
>Basically, look on the box and if it says it'll work in DOS, it
>SHOULD be linux-compatible.
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