On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 15:34, al johson wrote: > This is because most ISA plug-n-play modems can be "fixed" as it were by > simply changing a jumper on the modem which kills the plug-n-play nonsense. > Then it pretty much gets installed correctly by the distribution. So many of > the PCI modems are winmodems (except for those with high prices on them--US > Robotics has one which they claim is Linux ready and will easily install if > you have a specific kernel or higher). But some of the other PCI modems will > work on DOS and usually if they work on DOS they should work with LINUX. > External modems are not an option for those who lack desk space (which I > do). Actually there are solutions (some of them simple) for some winmodems, > because some folks in the Linux community realized the problem and have set > up a couple of websites to help. Actually, when I lost my motherboard which > had an ISA slot on it and I couldn't get another one with an ISA slot, > that's when my modem problems really began. ---Al Johnson
This is the main reason I have an external modem (US Robotics, either Courier or Sportster, I don't remember which one). But, since I got a cable modem, I never use it anymore... Tanner -- Tanner Lovelace | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://wtl.wayfarer.org/ --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- GPG Fingerprint = A66C 8660 924F 5F8C 71DA BDD0 CE09 4F8E DE76 39D4 GPG Key can be found at http://wtl.wayfarer.org/lovelace.gpg.asc --*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*--*-- Si hoc legere scis, nimium eruditionis habes. _______________________________________________ TriLUG mailing list http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ: http://www.trilug.org/~lovelace/faq/TriLUG-faq.html
