Re: [OT] the limits of googling
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 15:45:13 +0100
"James Youngman" <jay@gnu.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:59 PM, Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Google searching is (still?) primitive.
> >
> > I would like to know the answer to a simple question:
> >
> > What are the most recent laptops that run Linux *and* have a working analog
> > (RJ-11) modem installed?
> >
> > Listed by highest price first.
> >
> > Hugo
> >
> > PS All the searching I have done lead me to believe that they don't exist.
> > But how do you prove that with Google?
>
>
> Not strictly an answer to your question, but the Linux Emporium sell a
> proper hardware modem in a PCMCIA card, which should work with most
> laptops I'd guess.
They are also readily available on Ebay, for about $10 US including
shipping (to USA). See this list of compatible hardware [0]. I use a
Xircom, which works quite well.
> James.
[0] http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS [see the
section "Modem and serial cards:"]
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