Peter Rundle wrote:
>
> Sluggers,
>
> I've been given a PCI internal modem and I was wondering if there is
> any obvious way to tell if it is a real modem or a dreaded win-modem.
> (like, before I stick in my linux box and give myself endless grief
> for no good reason ;-)
>
> It has lots of chips all over it, jumpers to set the com port
This indicates it isn't a Plug 'n Pray modem - but I've never heard of a
non PNP PCI modem. It might be a really fancy one where it normally
uses PNP, but the user can manually set it up instead if they want.
I'd try setting the modem to COM2 (IRQ 3 if you have to set that as
well) and disabling COM2 on your motherboard. Fire up minicom, point it
at COM2 and see what it can find. If you are lucky, it will be treated
like an external modem plugged into a COM port (like the old ISA modem I
have here at work in a linux box).
> and an
> Austel approval sticker, but I figure that's doesn't a modem make.
> What should I be looking for?
Try searching the internet for information about the individual chips on
the modem - start with the larget one.
> Oh yeah, made in Taiwan with no brand
> name what so ever.
>
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