Linux-Hardware Digest #566, Volume #9 Thu, 4 Mar 99 20:13:42 EST
Contents:
Help Again: I'm also looling for a driver for the Diamond Sonic Impact 3D under
Redhat 5.2. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Dual boot NT / Linux ("Tuomo O. Vuolteenaho")
Re: Modem configuring (Rob Clark)
S.u.S.E 5.3 and Epson Stylus Color 500 (Douglas Watts)
Re: Riva TNT and X, Can anybody help me???? (Axel Liljencrantz)
Re: io conflict with ethernet card (3com 3c509b) (Tim)
Hot and Tight Little hoe-he-hoes! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: dhcpd.conf ("Agent X")
Problems with 3c509B in RedHat (Tim)
Re: 16bit mode in XWindows ("ComFuMasta")
Re: 16bit mode in XWindows (Manuel Alducin)
Re: help with PCI modem (Newcom 56K V.90 data/fax) (Rob Clark)
Re: linux and IBM PS2 ?????? (Jeff Borisch)
Memorex CDRW-2216 (koivi)
Re: Driver for 3com 3c905b? ("Till Mommsen")
Suse 6.0 Harddisk > 8 GB (Kim Armann)
evergreen and linux compatibility ("ann w")
Linux and a 8088 ("Blake Thompson")
Re: X & velocity 4400 Riva TNT AGP 16Mb ("Tim Gajewski, KU4IY")
I successfully Installed mandrake Linux 5.3 on my emachines 300k
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
-Help- In NIC hell ("Shrubhumper")
DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE ATTACHED IT'S A VIRUS !!!! ("Robert H. Thompson")
Re: USR or Jaton ("Tim Gajewski, KU4IY")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help Again: I'm also looling for a driver for the Diamond Sonic Impact 3D
under Redhat 5.2.
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 18:15:27 GMT
Redhat 5.2 will be running on a Compaq Presario 5670 system. Any help
in locating the driver or workaround is greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Tuomo O. Vuolteenaho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dual boot NT / Linux
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:58:25 GMT
I love your answer! Why? Because I just yesterday order that card from
www.pcbroker! Matrox Millennium G200 with 8MB SGRAM - 250mHz RAMDAC, $101.
Does anybody know a good price for the additional 8MB module?
On 4 Mar 1999, Allen wrote:
> >[I have] 445Xpro is 21" monitor, the best available. This is the only
> >component I went nuts with. $1200 (www.buy.com) and well worth it.
>
> In that case, I'd check out the specs on the G200 SGDRAM version w/16Mb
> onboard. The card and chipset are well supported in Xfree86 version 3.3.3.1,
> and it's a fairly fast 2D card too.
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Subject: Re: Modem configuring
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:11:29 GMT
In article <7bienr$gre$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John L. Spetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I bought a Phoebe CMV1456VQE external modem ($89) after finally
[..]
>That is the actual sequence I need to type. ATH1 tells the modem
>that the phone is ready to dial. I wait complements of my slow
>touch typing then I manually dial. I would like to know if I can
>hard code a CR in the dial prefix and force this behavior? Even
You might try blind dialing using ATX3 (the Hayes command). Maybe the
modem doesn't like your dial tone, in which case ATX3 will tell the modem
to ignore it and dial anyway.
Good luck!
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
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From: Douglas Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: from,[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: S.u.S.E 5.3 and Epson Stylus Color 500
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:40:43 +0000
Can any one advise on a driver which would enable me to print using the
above version? It includes Ghostscript 4.03 which does not have ,it
seems, a suitable driver.
Many thanks
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Axel Liljencrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Riva TNT and X, Can anybody help me????
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 02:01:30 +0100
Michael Gigli wrote:
> I hava a diamond viper 550 and I cant get x to run. Can I do it? If so How
>
> Mick
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I got it to run without any problems, using SuSE 6.0. Xfree86 3.3.3 should
have dupport for the TNT chipset.
/Axel Liljencrantz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim)
Subject: Re: io conflict with ethernet card (3com 3c509b)
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 00:59:50 GMT
On Tue, 02 Mar 1999 22:43:53 -0500, Paul Rowland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Justin C Miranda wrote:
>>
>> I recently installed linux on my pc and during installation I was unable
>> to configure my network card (3com 3c509). When I booted linux, I tried
>> running a few of the utilities to get the card configured. However, after
>> a few unsuccessful tries I went to Red Hat's HowTo's to see if I could
>> find the problem. I tried a few things and found out that a device was
>> taking up the IO port reserved for the network card. However, the HowTo
>> didn't explain how to resolve this problem. Now I'm trying to figure out
>> how to configure the "conflicting" device (busmouse) to use another io
>> port and to set up the network card to use its proper io ports. I can do
>> the second part, but I haven't figured out how to get the mouse on another
>> port. I know about mouseconfig, but I'm not sure about the side effects
>> of reconfiguring devices. If anyone has any advice or suggestions I would
>> appreciate them.
>> Is there a config script to detect the type of network card?
>> Justin Miranda
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Justin,
Go to the 3Com website (www.3com.com) and download the 3c509 disk #3
for DOS/Win95. Then boot your computer to DOS or Win95 DOS. Insert
Disk #3 and run 3c5x9cfg.exe and there is an auto-configure option.
This should detect the conflict and move both the IO Address and IRQ
to a non-conflicting setting. You should note your new IO and IRQ's
and then boot back to Linux and you "hopefully" will be good to go.
Also, if you are coming from Windows, you must run the 3cPnpDsbl.exe
(something like that) on that same disk to disable Plug-and-play mode
for this card - which is its default mode I believe. I think the PnP
disable can also be run from the 3c5x9cfg.exe file as well.
>From what I have found, this is the ONLY way to do it. 3com doesn't
have any utilities for Linux. I have found a link to someone that has
a program that can modify your card's EPROM but it is only for
advanced users and I don't recommend it if you can live with above
option. Write me back at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you have any
questions.
Good luck, I hope this helps you out!
-Tim Stark
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Subject: Hot and Tight Little hoe-he-hoes!
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 15:36:18 -0600
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From: "Agent X" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.os.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: dhcpd.conf
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 19:56:56 GMT
You have a class C IP address. This means that the eth dev address will end
in a #1, just like you have indicated. The appropriate netmask for you would
be 255.255.255.0. Hope that helps. The rest of the story to get the .2-.5
range is in the DHCP-How to in any Linux install. Look at subnet masks.
TURBO1010 wrote in message <7bl7d6$h8a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Can anyone post a dhcpd.conf file that I can use. Seems that I don't know
>what to put for subnet and netmask.
>The address on my ethernet is 192.168.1.1, I want the dhcp server to assign
>addresses between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.5
>If anyone can help me, I would appreciate it, as I am new to networks.
>Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim)
Subject: Problems with 3c509B in RedHat
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 01:12:03 GMT
I am having a problem with my NIC 3c509B. I am practically an expert
at this card after trying so many different settings and running all
of the 3Com utilities (cfg and pnpDsbl) on Disk #3 of the 3-disk
driver set for Win95/DOS.
My NIC worked fine under Windows95. I disabled PNP, ran the configure
program because it wasn't working under RH5.2 after many different
setting attemps and it came back and changed the IO and IRQ's as if it
had found a conflict. I practically started celebrating at that
point. Well, I booted back to RH and in my boot, I always get the
same message: Delaying Eth0 Init... I look at my configs and they all
look fine. Here is what I have sent to RH Tech Support but they have
been very slow in turning around any help...they have done nothing but
request files and settings from me for 2 weeks now with no suggestions
of what to try.
>/proc/devices:
Character Devices:
1 mem
2 pty
3 ttyp
4 ttyp
5 cua
7 vcs
10 misc
Block Devices:
1 ramdisk
2 fd
3 ide0
9 md
22 ide1
>/proc/interrupts:
0: 137235 timer
1: 272 keyboard
2: 0 cascade
8: 1 + rtc
12: 17805 PS/2 Mouse
13: 1 math error
14: 34325 + ide0
15: 0 + ide1
>ifconfig:
lo Link encap:Local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Bcast:127.255.255.255 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP BROADCAST LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3584
Metric:1
And all of the stats are 0.
>lsmod:
..... .. ..
appletalk 4 0 (autoclean)
ipx 3 0 (autoclean)
>/etc/conf.modules:
options eth0 io=300 irq=5
alias eth0 3c509
The above information appears to match up with the DOS config's new IO
and IRQ settings as it had reset them.
Also, this might mean something or not:
I have set up the eth0 card
via X-Windows Network Configuration but when I attempt to Activate
it...and it says Active but I don't see any signs of activity on my
hub and when I say "SAVE" and then quit and come back into the same
screen again, it always says Inactive again.
Can someone recommend something for me to try or someone to call or
somewhere to look for more help? I have read all of the How-To's,
Mini How-To's and so on but just can't seem to get this card to see my
network.
RH did sound disapointed with my ifconfig file not showing eth0 but
only lo. I don't understand why eth0 isn't showing up there...can
someone please help me.
-Tim Stark
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ComFuMasta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 16bit mode in XWindows
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 01:22:33 GMT
you could also use Xconfigurator and if you know that you are never going to
use 8bit go ahead and remove it from the resolution options so that the one
that it boots to is 16bit
this will also eliminate the fustrations of typing "startx --bpp 16"
everytime you want to go into windows.
comfumasta
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Philips wrote in message ...
>On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Keith A. Folske wrote:
>
>| How do I force XWindows to start in 16bit mode? It always starts in 8bit
>| mode and I know my hardware is capable of 16.
>
>startx -- -bpp 16
>
>dave
>
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Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 16:02:37 -0500
From: Manuel Alducin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: 16bit mode in XWindows
Try this
startx -bpp 16
Just make sure you got everything configured OK. Or just run xf86config
or Xconfigurator (in RedHat) and there will be a point where you can
choose which resolutions and color depths to use.
"Keith A. Folske" wrote:
>
> How do I force XWindows to start in 16bit mode? It always starts in 8bit
> mode and I know my hardware is capable of 16.
>
> --
> Keith A. Folske
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
****************************************
Manuel Alducin
The George Washington University
CS: Computer Graphics
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: help with PCI modem (Newcom 56K V.90 data/fax)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rob Clark)
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 21:45:39 GMT
In article <7bmslm$357$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>My old 33.6 modem got fried during the storm yesterday, so I got a new modem,
>but of course, I can't get it to work with Linux.
>
>The modem is Newcom 56k pfx data/fax PCI V.90, internal, and _not_ WinModem,
>and the box says 'Plug & Play'.
NewCom calls it a "56kpfx Windows Modem"
http://www.newcominc.com/products/modems/56kpfx.html
"Minimum System Requirements" includes Pentium 166.
Sounds like a winmodem, despite whatever the salesperson might have told
you.
Rob Clark, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html <--Linux compatibility list
NewCom is near the bottom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeff Borisch)
Subject: Re: linux and IBM PS2 ??????
Date: Wed, 03 Mar 1999 20:40:00 -0500
In article <01be6515$42ae7280$434cf8ce@default>, "Howard Regan"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi there,
>
>I would be interested to know if i can install Linux on an (don't laugh)
>IBM PS2. I don't know anything specific about it's hardware, but it price
>can't be beat(free). I have been looking for a 486 to run Linux, but free
>sounds better than a couple af hundred(don't laugh) Cnd. dollars. Any
>information would be welcome. Thank you.
>
>Howard
I'm not laughing. ps/2 enthusiasts are really cool.
Hey I don't know much more than this but look at this link to get you started.
http://www.dgmicro.com/mca/
this is good too, peter is a trip...
http://members.aol.com/mcapage0/mcaindex.htm
I have a model 80 and a 55sx, the 80 was free and the 55 was $5us
I just love these machines. I'm a Mac person at heart but I love how goofy
and (over)engineered they are. how much ram is in the machine? if it is 4
or less you will have real difficulty, depending on what you want to do.
feel free to mail me, I'll share what I know.
best of luck.
jeffrey
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From: koivi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Memorex CDRW-2216
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 15:25:18 -0600
Has anyone had luck with this drive for burning CDs? If so, what
software did you use, and is the SCSI emulation required?
TIA,
koivi
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From: "Till Mommsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Driver for 3com 3c905b?
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 01:12:57 +0100
But there seems to be a problem with the connection speed.
check the www.suse.de support Database (maybe www.suse.com in english) and
search for 3Com. They got info and link to updated driver.
Cheers,
Till
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb in Nachricht
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Michael Minnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Does anyone know where I can get a device driver for the 3Com 3c905b
>> NIC? I just installed Debian 2.0 on a system with this card. The
>> Hardware Compatibility HOWTO mentions this card but doesn't say where to
>> get a driver.
>
>that card is supported by the 3c59x driver.
>
>--
>Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key
available
>paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public
servers
>Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus.
>(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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From: Kim Armann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse 6.0 Harddisk > 8 GB
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 23:04:54 +0100
Hi, I have
- Asus P5B-Board (ALi-Chipset)
- IBM 10 GB Harddisk
- Suse 6.0
The first partition on the Harddisk is a 6GB-Winxxx - partition. I
wanted Fdisk to make a 128 MB Swap and 3.8 GB Linux native - no - Linux
only saw a 8 GB Disk so 2 GB are free (I see them in Winxxx) but I want
to use them for Linux.
please help me
kim
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Reply-To: "ann w" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "ann w" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: evergreen and linux compatibility
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 14:55:31 -0800
Hi-
Thought I'd let the person who asked about evergreen know that I e-mailed
them re: my 200 mhz upgrade and they said that, to the best of their
knowledge, it was completely compatible. They also suggested that I check
out the technical info at winchip's site http://www.winchip.com/
Hope this helps,
Ann
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From: "Blake Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and a 8088
Date: 4 Mar 1999 02:11:49 GMT
Hey guys, I thought I'd run this one through the group and see if anyone
had any ideas. I've got this old Compaq portable which I believe to be an
8088 (but it could be a 286). Anyway, my question is what micro
distribution to put on it. I've checked out LOAF, Tom's, muLinux,
DOSLinux, etc, etc. They all seem to require a 386 w/ 4MB RAM.
I've got a 20 MB Hard Drive to work with, so it doesn't _necessarily_ have
to fit on a floppy, but the micro-distributions seem to have the least
stringent system requirements.
Anyone have any ideas on a compatible release?
Blake
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From: "Tim Gajewski, KU4IY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X & velocity 4400 Riva TNT AGP 16Mb
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:14:43 -0500
I am using the Creative Labs Riva TNT PCI. I had to download XFree86 3.3.3.
I installed it just as the directions said
Tim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
<7bjvie$h0m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Has anyone succesfully configured this card to run X.
>When I select the the Velocity Riva in Xconfigerator it
>gives me an error that it can't tell how much
>video memory I have. Then it gives me a selection of only up
>to 8 megs to choose from manualy. I am also using a Pansync S70
>monitor.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I successfully Installed mandrake Linux 5.3 on my emachines 300k
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 01:42:18 GMT
I have an emachines 300k etower and I installed Mandrake Linux 5.3 on it (2.1
gigs, 32MB memory, 17 inch Viewsonic E771 monitor) and the installation from
the CD went 100% smoothly, no problems at all. Now I have linux on this
etower 300k but Xserver video isnt in the resolution that I want it in, how
do I change it. The video setup that the installer set up for xserver was
incorrect for this monitor+video so I used Xconfigure --kickstart and X
-probeonly commands and successfully got Xserver (KDE) running in low-res
640x480 mode in 4bits (this is awful). i want to change the res to 1024x768
at 87Hz but I dont know how (only using Linux onthis etower for 1 week).
Please help me out. Im doing lots of man page reading and have tried tons of
settings and graphics cards driver but the best I could do was in the
1024x768 16 bit resolution but my monitor was flickering like crazy because
it wasnt at the proper frequency. I new to linux (only about 4 weeks and
Linux runs Fast (better than W98) on this $499, or is it $399 box). If you
want to set up a linux server I definately would reccomend this machine, you
xcant beat the price. I just hope the internal modem isnt a winmodem. Anyone
know if itsa winmodem insode this box? (AMD K6-2 300Mhz/32megs/2.1gigs)
Xserver is properly working in 640 in 480 mode and I plan to leave this linux
box on running tasks to see how long this $499 machine can go without
crashing.
2 thumbs up!
btw: stay tuned I'll keep you posted on my progress on my Webpage which I'll
post in a little bit...email me if you dont see it by this weekend (Im very
busy).
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From: "Shrubhumper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: -Help- In NIC hell
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 01:50:28 GMT
The Gear -
I am running RH 5.2 K2.0.36
I have-
3Com 3C509 EL III ISA @ 0x300 / 5
Kingston NE2000 clone ISA @ 0x320 / 4 (using ne.o)
UART 0 is disabled in BIOS
conf.modules looks like this -
alias eth0 3c509
alias eth1 ne
options ne io=0x320 irq=4 ----------->added by me per advice
3c509 goes into hub 1 connected to a cable modem
ne goes to hub 2 connected to the LAN.
There is also a Linux/W98 box on hub 1 on a separate IP address.
The 3com was found and correctly configured during the initial install.
It was used and worked well.
I added the 'options' line for the ne in conf.modules myself.
ifconfig confirms that both are now starting, all settings correct
The Problem -
Nothing is happening. No transfer, no receive. They light up the hubs, but
not the action lights. Pinging to and from the box doesn't work. Pinging
localhost and local IP addresses does work.
The firewall is off. ftp and telnet are the only things running, other than
loggers, which show nothing.
I start only one at a time, no dice. I am at a total loss.
So I could use some help for sure..
-Shrubhumper
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From: "Robert H. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.terminals,ont.forsale,tor.forsale.computers,mtl.vendre-forsale,can.forsale,comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.hp.hardware
Subject: DO NOT DOWNLOAD THE ATTACHED IT'S A VIRUS !!!!
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 1999 13:27:14 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
EVERYONE DO NOT DOWNLOAD IT'S A VIRUS !!!!
DECwyseIBMhpGENICOM wrote:
>
> Name: Happy99.exe
> Happy99.exe Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
> Encoding: x-uuencode
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From: "Tim Gajewski, KU4IY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USR or Jaton
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:26:04 -0500
Valner,
I have the Jaton Communicator v90. It worked great in Linux. I was
using RH 5.1. Card setup was a little difficult, I had to disable one of
the Serial ports (through the BIOS) on the motherboard. I to set it up as
COM2 (MS-DOS).
Hope this helps,
Tim
valner wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Hello,
>
> I bought a computer that came with a winmodem... so I have to
>upgrade it. I've found :
>1)US Robotics Sportster 56K V90 -> 75,00
>2) Jaton - Communicator V90 -> 49,00
>
> As far as I know USR is a more reliable brand .. but I realy don't
>care about it.. I just want a modem to work under linux... and if I can
>save some bucks... better...
>
> Does someone has some experience with these modems?? Suggestion and
>oppinions are welcome
>
>
> Thanks a lot
> Valner
>
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