On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 10:41:07AM -0800, Jonathan Jefferies wrote:
>
>
> Denis Voitenko wrote:
> >
> > I got a Viking PCI modem that has a Lucent chip on it as follows:
> >
> > LUCENT
> > HV90P-T
> > REA 12
> > 9935S 3961274
> > (C) 98 LUCENT
> >
> > Does anyone know if this thing will work under Linux? Do I have to use
> > pnptools to activate it? Is it braindead? It does not look like a Winmodem
> > to me but who knows, maybe it's some other type of a stupid beast.
> >
>
> Rule of thumb is that all, with very minor exceptions, pci modems are
> winmodems. I have several that I would like to dispose of. But if you
> want to check, the following URL tries to address the issue of identification:
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>
According to an aritcle I read recently, it's even worse than that. There are
no manufacturers currently producing non-winmodem pci modems. If it's PCI,
and produced withing the last 6-8 months, it's a winmodem.
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