Re: OT: How to find a modem that works with Linux...
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 21:23, Derrick 'dman' Hudson wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2002 at 12:06:46PM +1000, Chris Kenrick wrote:
[snip]
> My perspective/opinion :
> 1) external modem is "real" and complete, not "win"
> 2) ISA modems were all (or mostly) made before the "win" craze
> 3) PCI modems -- look for the word "win" in the
> packaging/documentation or mention of specific drivers or
> windows operating systems.
>
> I actually have never had a PCI modem. All the modems I have are
> either external or ISA, and only some have even been tried in linux
> (and those that were tried worked perfectly -- it's just a serial port
> after all).
I had an PCI Sportster 28.8 modem for a long time, and it worked
great. Of course, it was ~USD80, and I looked all over the box
for any hint that it was a "win" modem, and then saw "it works with
Linux", and bought it. (And this was when I still used NT4. I
wanted the CPU for myself, not the modem...)
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