Re: direct-pc
On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Fraser Campbell wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Kenneth Scharf wrote:
>
> > Has anyone tried using direct-pc with Linux?
> > (thats the satellite inter-net connection. see
> > http://www.pdmnet.com/direcpdm.htm) They say you need
> > windows 95 (but so do alot of isp's that work with
> > linux) I can't get cable modem, or asdl where I live,
> > and this service is in the same price ballpark as isdn
> > but MUCH faster!
>
> Network edition for DirecPC. Unfortunately it costs $199 US and I
> have no experience with whether it works or not:
> http://www.helius.com/DirecPC/
Kenneth
Is this "Network edition for DirecPC" new? You are sure about the
price?
I looked last Summer. Then the only software packages for the
direct-pc card were the Win 95 driver that comes with it, or the
expensive Linux router software package that really does cost $2.5K
(I looked again). I concluded I'd have to use Win 95 to make use of
the direct-pc.
I think I'd pay $200 for the Linux driver just to be able to do the
card with Linux rather than have to use Windows 95.
Where do I look for this software?
--David
David Teague, dbt@cs.wcu.edu
Debian GNU/Linux Because software support is free, timely,
useful, technically accurate, and friendly.
(I'm hoping this is all of the above!)
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