> What about that Linux modem dick smith was selling a we while ago or have I > got the wrong end of the srick :-/
DSE have sold Linux-capable internal modems for some while. None of them were real hardmodems, to my knowledge. The odd one may have been a "hardware assisted soft modem", which means it takes a little less load from your CPU (irrelevant these days) but it still needs a *&@#$&* driver for it. A real modem needs no(!) driver other than those provided by the kernel for 16550A UARTs for serial ports. In other words, it looks identical to an external modem from the kernel's point of view. I coudln't conclusively work out which category the lucent venus chipset belongs to. I am awaiting Yuri's report with interest. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
