They are a little flaky. I had to change the interupt for COM 3 in the BIOS
settings to allow them to detect it and COM 1 and 2 didn't work. I thought
that the big problem was the old Packard Bell I was trying to shoehorn them
into. I'm dragging that baby into current technology like an anchor. I
let my wife use it for email. It is a little hard on hard drives though.
And it has a proprietary CD-sound card hookup.
Rip6
-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Kay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, April 29, 1999 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] How to install my 56k modem
>At 10:03 29/04/99 -0500, you wrote:
>>Does this mean that Diamond MM modems won't work? I have a 28.8 and a
56K.
>>Both have software drivers (.inf files) that are loaded, but I think both
>>have processors on them. I think I will just need to reset the jumpers
on
>>the modem to disable PnP and set the IRQ manually. Am I wrong here
>>anyone?
>>I'm reading everything before I install. I may just do it this weekend
>>though. <grin>
>>Rip6
>>
>
>.inf files aren't really drivers - try reading one. :)
>If you have links where you can set COM ports and
>interrupts, you should be OK. Although I had a
>Diamond modem that sortof worked - I put it
>down to faulty hardware.
>
>hih
>nick@nexnix
>
>
>
>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Boon Kee Soh wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I have a Blaster Modem 28.8 and Merz 56K. Are they real modems? I am
>>having
>>>> problems dialing up to my ISP with all the "right" setting.
>>>> > If it's what is generically referred to as a "winmodem",
>>>> > then I'm afraid you are out of luck.
>>>> > Linux only supports "real" modems that don't require
>>>> > additional software drivers.
>>>> > --
>>>> > Lloyd Osten
>>>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>> >
>>>I've never heard of Merz, so I can't tell you anything about
>>>it. If you modem(s) came with software drivers that you must
>>>load (Win 98 usually does this automatically for you) before
>>>it works, then you have "winmodems" and they're unsupported
>>>under Linux.
>>>--
>>>Lloyd Osten
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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