On Fri, 7 Jul 2000, Dave Reed wrote:
> > Resent-Cc:
> > MBOX-Line: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 7 13:30:22 2000
> > From: "Stephen King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > So let me get this straight most Internal modems are WinModems. Were as all
> > External modems aren't WinModems?
> > SK
>
> All of the below are general statements, but probably have exceptions.
>
> Most fairly new internal modems (especially PCI) are probably
> WinModems.
>
> Older ISA modems are likely not to be WinModems, but may still be a
> little tricky to get to work with Linux.
^^^^^^
Tricky? All the ISA modems I've seen have jumpers for IRQ and I/O
address. If you set them to the settings for "COM4" (COM4 under DOS)
which your card's documentation will show, then your device will be
/dev/ttyS3. Then you won't interfere with most other devices I've found.
Then you KNOW where your modem is! (You can use any of the "COM"s 1-4
since the jumpers on the card will most likely let you set them for
COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4. But I think you'll find that COM4 stays
out of the way of most stuff.)
/dev/ttyS3
For externals, where you most
likely are connecting to the first serial port, (COM1 in DOS), then
your device is: /dev/ttyS0
What's tricky? I guess the tricky part is remembering to keep the
card's documentation around? :-)
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