OHPC wrote:
>
> Lawson wrote:
>
> ... I don't think they make modems that can be configured by hand with
> jumpers anymore, so you may have to get to know isapnptools better than
> you'd like. ...
>
> Lawson
>
> Well, I also believed that, but to my surprise I bought a 3Com/US Robotics
> V.90 ISA Modem (Voice Internal, blah blah blah), and it comes with jumpers
> and no plu-and-play. Windows won't even recognize it at boot, or when
> probing for pnp devices, so I had to install it by hand for Win98 to use
> it. I required it to have jumpers, but the vendor was unable to find one
> for almost two months because of the Christmas holidays.
> It worked first time with Linux (and Windows), is extremely fast (for a 56k
> modem, of course) and has noise filters (that was what the vendor said, but
> I believe him because the connection never hangs up).
> I thought I might give you some feedback on the issue.
> I should also say that I am using Linux for 02 months, reading and learning
> a lot about everything, and I love Linux. I feel like a child with a new toy.
> Now I need to install a zip-drive, printer and CD Burner, but before I post
> any question, I will read the how-tos and faqs.
>
> Bye!
>
> Otto Pintiaski
I use a 33.6K modem at 115,200 bps. I bought it for $35 a year and a
half ago. It was necessary to set up the modem port with the DOS utility
and it never did work with PNP for Linux. But download speeds are
ussually limited only by the speed limit ;-) or a connections ability to
feed data. I must say Netscape is definitely faster than IE5.
