Re: Softmodems and Debian
On Tue, Sep 15, 1998 at 12:11:40PM -0400, Person, Rod wrote:
> Hey again,
>
> I FINALLY got Debian up and running to my liking with the help of a few
> if not more of you guys thanks.
>
> But here is something that hit me on the way to work today. I have a
> Digicom Softmodem. I have to load an algorithm before I can use it. In
> DOS it was quite simple.
>
> path=c:\smodem;c\
> dl data144b.xtd
Ouch!
> That's all my autoexec.bat needed. I just realized that is why Seyon is
> hanging for me. Does anyone out there use a softmodem? Are the loader
> and algorithm ported to Linux???? (I know the answer is no!!). I think
> I'm going to have to load the DOS algorithm from Debian. How do I do
> this? After all I'm still a newbie.....
You need to use dosemu, I think. Install the dosemu packages and play a bit
with it. Expect to get your modem working in a few months,...
Sorry about this bad answer, but you have to try dosemu for yourself before
one can guide you through.
Marcus
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