Re: The Perfect Debian / Personal Computer
Hall Stevenson wrote:
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> So far, it seems that everyone has suggested avoiding internal modems
> and getting an external one. Why ?? If someone is capable of building
> their own PC, I'd hope they're also capable of reading the requirements
> of a modem they purchase. I've used two or three different *internal*
> modems with Linux with no problems. There are plenty out there that will
> work just fine.
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> My current modem is a USR (pre-3Com days, I believe). It's a true v.90
> modem, not "upgraded" from their 'X2" firmware.
I have an internal USR modem that goofed up when I would dual-boot.
Win95 would screw it up so that it would not work under Linux. *No*
initialization string would fix this; I had to power off the machine to
properly reset it.
(Amazing how Windows will goof up both my modem *and* printer, such that
they won't work under Linux without a power-down).
Perhaps I have missed a serial port setting or something, but I really
would not buy an internal modem again.
Yes, it is a later modem than yours. But the point is, "reading the
requirements" would not have avoided this problem for me.
Fortunately, I now have DSL! :-)
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