On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hi Folks > * Thanks for your list, very informative. Have been reading for a couple of > weeks but no > mention of parallel connected modems Mostly because parallel modems are even rarer than serial printers. They exist, but it has been about 15 years since I have seen one. > * I can therefore set modem up as standard serial extl Microcom 28.8P modem > in Win98 and use as serial modem in Linux Mandrake; would this be the > preferred installation method for Linux. That is what I would try. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)