Quoting Orlando Andico ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I used to have an HSF Conexant modem. Yes it would hang the system > occasionally -- the "latest" binary drivers were for 2.2 kernels only, and > I was running it "hacked" on 2.4. > > In addition, it eats about 100MHz of (K6-class) CPU.
Bummer. A lot of winmodems have problems with transmission rates, inconsistent or missing hardware error correction, high rates of dropped carrier, and poor protocol negotiation. Those are all problems that vanish when you buy a good modem. 'Course, who am I to talk? ;-> Although I _used_ to know a lot about modems, a the sysop/owner of a multiple-networked BBS system for about seven years, I hardly ever use modems these days at all. Almost always, I just jack into someone's LAN, instead. I shut down my BBS in, if memory serves, 1994. It was FidoNet 1:125/27, and also a UUCP gateway to the Internet, among other things. -- Cheers, We write precisely We say exactly Rick Moen Since such is our habit in How to do a thing or how [EMAIL PROTECTED] Talking to machines; Every detail works. Excerpt from Prof. Touretzky's decss-haiku.txt @ http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/ _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
