Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-23 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From l...@larseighner.com Tue Aug 23 07:33:23 2011 > Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 07:31:50 -0500 (CDT) > From: Lars Eighner > To: Robert Bonomi > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart? > > On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Robert B

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-23 Thread Mike Tancsa
On 8/21/2011 12:34 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > > Since uart in 8.x will not support my PCI 3com hardware modem (as FreeBSD > sio has since 4.x) and my PR is gathering dust, before I buy any more > coaster sets from osdisc.com, it behooves to ask if there are any dialup > modems that 8.x uart actuall

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-23 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Robert Bonomi wrote: From: Lars Eighner That's why I sprang for the 3Com which WAS supported by sio for years and is NOT supported by uart since 8.x. Why it is this device could be supported for so many years, but somehow it is impossible on 8.x? The answer is "becaus

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Aug 22 17:55:46 2011 > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:53:55 -0500 (CDT) > From: Lars Eighner > To: Robert Bonomi > Cc: luvbea...@larseighner.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and ua

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Robert Bonomi wrote: Even 'sio' support of "PCI serial ports" and/or modems was -very-limitid. precisely *two* models of cards -- The 3Com FaxModem PCI and the Advantec 56k Voice Messaging PCI FaxModem. That's why I sprang for the 3Com which WAS supported by sio for years

RE: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?)

2011-08-22 Thread Gary Gatten
You're welcome! FBSD is awesome - LINUX SUX! -Original Message- From: Chris Hill [mailto:ch...@monochrome.org] Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 5:24 PM To: Gary Gatten Cc: 'Daniel Staal'; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL wo

RE: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?)

2011-08-22 Thread Chris Hill
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Gary Gatten wrote: Interesting analogy. Osama - er, I mean Obama could really use people like you to explain things better to him, 'cause obviously he has NO idea what his various and numerous Czars and advisors are saying. Or maybe they're all barely functional and don'

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Robert Bonomi
> From owner-freebsd-questi...@freebsd.org Mon Aug 22 05:20:20 2011 > Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2011 05:18:18 -0500 (CDT) > From: Lars Eighner > To: "Conrad J. Sabatier" > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart? >

RE: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?)

2011-08-22 Thread Gary Gatten
Interesting analogy. Osama - er, I mean Obama could really use people like you to explain things better to him, 'cause obviously he has NO idea what his various and numerous Czars and advisors are saying. Or maybe they're all barely functional and don't know any better Oh wait, this is a

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Odhiambo Washington wrote: BTW, Lars, which country do you live in? Still no 3G there?? I live in Texas. It has a greed-based economy, so 3G is practically available only for the very greedy, which is to say rich. I do not speak the language of the very greedy - it is a

Re: First World (Was: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?)

2011-08-22 Thread Daniel Staal
On Mon, August 22, 2011 7:19 am, Odhiambo Washington wrote: > I live in some 3rd world country (BTW, how does one become 1st world?) Back in the day, you'd have needed to join NATO... (2nd world, of course, required joining the Warsaw Pact.) These days, I subscribe to the 'soda theory'. At the

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Odhiambo Washington
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 13:18, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: > > On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:34:22 -0500 (CDT) >> Lars Eighner wrote: >> >>> >>> Since uart in 8.x will not support my PCI 3com hardware modem (as >>> FreeBSD sio has since 4.x) and my PR is gatheri

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 22 Aug 2011, Conrad J. Sabatier wrote: On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:34:22 -0500 (CDT) Lars Eighner wrote: Since uart in 8.x will not support my PCI 3com hardware modem (as FreeBSD sio has since 4.x) and my PR is gathering dust, before I buy any more coaster sets from osdisc.com, it behooves

Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-22 Thread Conrad J. Sabatier
On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:34:22 -0500 (CDT) Lars Eighner wrote: > > Since uart in 8.x will not support my PCI 3com hardware modem (as > FreeBSD sio has since 4.x) and my PR is gathering dust, before I buy > any more coaster sets from osdisc.com, it behooves to ask if there > are any dialup modems th

What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?

2011-08-21 Thread Lars Eighner
Okay, I'm back. I sprang for Gentoo and Fedora 15 distribution discs, and now I seem to have a nice, but expensive, set of coasters because apparently all of Linux has gone tiny console fonts at something like 170x48 resolution (and really are turning themselves into Gnome machines that totally n