well at one time i found away to use certain winmodems
i think it was called linmodem.net
that or linmodems.net but i dunno if there still doing the project though
-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Cottenceau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 1:41 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Re: winmodem
"Riyad Kalla" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How are you using a win modem? I thought I remmebr reading somewhere int
he
> kernel that "Winmodem Support: NEVER" or something to that extent.
this is because:
. it needs a driver. at present time these manufacturers do not write
drivers for Linux.
. and, more important, the driver involves some patented algorithm, so
reverse engineering / use of the patented algorithm is sort of risky for
people, who prefer to say "get a real modem".
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
