Re: modem for potato

[Gerard Robin <jag.robin18@wanadoo.fr>]

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 08:01:36AM -0600, Kent West wrote:
> Gerard Robin wrote:
> 
> >On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:01:27AM +0100, Dani Belz wrote:
> > 
> >
> >>* John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> [04-12-30 01:03]:
> >>   
> >>
> >>>Any external modem that connects to the computer via a serial port will
> >>>work.
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Unfortunately not true! Bought a Creative modem some time ago. This
> >>didn't work. There really are modems that do not work with linux (at
> >>least it isn't easy to set them up). Now I use my very old modem
> >>again :)
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >I agree with you, I tried a winmodem, after a few difficulties it worked
> >very slowly, I tried a US ROBOTIC 33 ... wich did not work.
> > 
> >
> 
> This "winmodem"? It was an external device that connects to the serial 
> port? I was not aware of any external, serial-port-connecting, "winmodems".
> 
In fact I tried four modems one internal and three externals and probably you
are right, the internal was the winmodem, but between the three others only the
US ROBOTIC 56 FAX/MODEM worked. (and works yet)

When we buy a modem we get the driver for this modem but unfortunetly it is
for windows not for linux.

PS1
My problem for the moment is to find a second-hand modem which works fine
with a 486 and potato.(i.e. such that potato contains the suitable driver)

PS2
If I was able to write a driver or to find an US ROBOTIC 56 FAX/MODEM (second-hand) 
I wouldn't have disturb the list.  

Thanks.

-- 
Gérard