On Fri, 26 Nov 1999,Josh McCaffrey wrote:
| On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, you wrote:
| > On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, coin fingered:
| > > >I had that and it turned out to be a win modem
| > > >I had to take it out and look at it
| > > >I do not know if yours is or not
| >
| > The Prolink has been nothing but trouble since it's first iteration. I
| > remember one ISP practically giving it away with a paid subscribtion.
| > I don't know if things have changed much now, but I found out that it
| > could not be used with NT. SOme knowledgable vendors will warn you
| > away from them. Get a real modem - like a 3Com :-)
|
| My ZOOM 2919 dualmode (V90/56k flex) has been a great modem. Was a little
| tricky getting to get running under Linux, but once I figured out that the
| plug n play wouldn't work, setting the jumpers was a breeze. Even easier if
| your 'puter is in a place where you don't have to disconnect everything to pull
| it out. I run my 'puter w/o a cover and vaccum it every so often.
Just a note from "back in the day". This may no longer be true, but it was in
the past. It is not a good idea to run the system with the cover off for long
periods of time as the air flow past heat producing components is not being
controled by the system cooling fan and the enclosure as there is no enclosure.
As a result the previously mentioned components may/could overheat, and become
undependable or fail completely.
This may still be true for the newer ATX system configurations as the larger
manufacturers do not need to include a CPU cooling fan - the heat sink is
designed for the case (box), and the proximity to the main cooling fan is such
that no additional cooling is required. This is something I read in one of my
"Fix your own Computer" books a while back.
I am not any kind of a "technician", just an "older guy" trying to learn about
this box I use, and am only passing this along as friendly information. If your
system has worked OK for a significant period of time, my info may be off
target in your specific situation, and your box is after all your box. I do not
want to tell anyone how to use their own stuff, but the idea of running a
system with no cover does not sound like good practice to me. Hope this is not
as offensive as I am afraid it is comming out, as again that is not my
intention.
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| >
| >
| > >
| > > CAn anyone recommend any good simple documentation on connecting to the
| > > singapore isp
| > > using Mandrake 6.0 ???
| >
| > You could try kppp. Most ISP's setup shouldn't differ that much.
| > Can't say specifically for Cyberway, but I know of friends who have
| > been able to connect to Singnet and Pacific, with Linux, though I've
| > read that there was some problem with Magix. All you need would be the
| > DNS and dialup numbers which should be available from your Wndoxe setup.
| >
| > Good luck.
| >
| > > >
| > > Luff(x3)
| > > coin
| > --
| > Ronald Yeo
| > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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