On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 14:47 +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > On Tue, Jul 01, 2008 at 09:44:34PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-07-02 at 08:30 +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > > > > > I just realised I have dial up all around Australia, so want to take > > > advantage of this. > > > So, my laptop has a win modem in side it. So can anyone tell me a brand > > > and model to look for on ebay, so I can get a cheap 56 k modem that will > > > work with linux? > > > > If it connects to a serial port, it works in Linux. > > So what your basically saying is there is no such thing as a serial win > modem? Exactly. An external win-modem brings visions of the Disney Sound Source with an RJ-11 jack instead of a headphone jack for output... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney_Sound_Source If it's smart enough to handle a serial port, it's smart enough to actually modulate and demodulate on it's own. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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