Right now, its useless....
If you need to buy one,
diamond was having a clearance on an external modem,
which came up and worked without a hitch. (about $50)
http://www.diamondmm.com/products/current/clearance.cfm
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Toby Sheets [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 1:51 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem
Hi:
My modem is a built in LT Winmodem (56K v90). Is this useless? It has
yet to be found by my Mandrake.
Toby
Ty Mixon wrote:
>
> There is ONE known good PCI modem. The actiontech(sp?) one. I saw it
> at best buy - about us$100 and it was in a dark colored box with 'Call
> Waiting Modem' in big letters.
>
> --
> Ty Mixon
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
>
> On 8/12/99, 6:07:57 AM, John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> regarding Re: [newbie] Linux and the modem:
>
> > On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > > Greetings:
> > >
> > > I am new to this list and new to Linux. I have installed
> > > Linux-Mandrake on my PC but am currently looking for easy
> > > directions to have Linux recognize my modem and dial in.
> > > I have seen some "simple" explanations that leave me a bit
> > > uncertain. Any suggestions on some easy (or less technical) step
> > > by step instructions? Thanks
> > >
> > Is this a PCI 56k internal modem? If so, chances are it
> > won't work. Give us some details on your system, especially
> > modem brand, model, etc and maybe someone here can help.
> > From what I've read, you should disable PNP and set the
> > comm port, I/O address and IRQ with jumpers, if such are
> > available for your modem. IIRC, after that, you'll need to
> > run "setserial" and see what comes up for that modem. BTW,
> > ttys0=com1, ttys1=com2, etc.
