Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > On Tuesday, March 29, 2011 02:07:46 pm Robert Heller wrote: >> Unless you spend serious bucks, ALL *PCI* modems are win modems (there >> are one or two very high-end 'industrial grade' PCI 'hardware' modems). >> Many older *ISA* modems were 'har

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On Tuesday, March 29, 2011 02:07:46 pm Robert Heller wrote: > Unless you spend serious bucks, ALL *PCI* modems are win modems (there > are one or two very high-end 'industrial grade' PCI 'hardware' modems). > Many older *ISA* modems were 'hardware' modems and were meant for old > i586 and i486 syst

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

At Tue, 29 Mar 2011 12:47:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > >> I also have a PCMCIA slot and an old modem > >> card from a previous laptop, so that might be a better option than > >> wrestling with a winmodem. I don't know yet > > > > The old PCMCIA modem card might not be a fax

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On Tuesday, March 29, 2011 11:56:17 am Robert Heller wrote: > At Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:35:49 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > > Internal... on a laptop... so a winmodem. :( > > > Almost all *internal* modems (esp. on laptops) are Winmodems and are > > > thus pretty close to useless under Lin

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 12:08:33PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > GV has been around for years - but previously you had to get an invite > from an existing user or go on a waiting list. Now you can just sign up > and get a free number which you can send where you want with/without > screening and

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On 3/29/2011 11:25 AM, ken wrote: > >>> I've got a couple dozen other things I need to do... and the person who >>> was going to fax me something is scanning the doc and attaching it to an >>> email, so I don't need the fax anymore. So I'm bagging this project for >>> now. Down the road, however,

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

>> I also have a PCMCIA slot and an old modem >> card from a previous laptop, so that might be a better option than >> wrestling with a winmodem. I don't know yet > > The old PCMCIA modem card might not be a fax modem. If the laptop does > have a "good old" DB-9 serial port connector, th

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On 03/29/2011 11:55 AM Les Mikesell wrote: > On 3/29/2011 10:35 AM, ken wrote: >> I've got a couple dozen other things I need to do... and the person who >> was going to fax me something is scanning the doc and attaching it to an >> email, so I don't need the fax anymore. So I'm bagging this proje

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

At Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:35:49 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > > On 03/28/2011 04:22 PM Robert Heller wrote: > > At Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:53:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list > > wrote: > > > >> On 03/28/2011 05:59 AM Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > >>> On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 22:41 -0400, ken wrote

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On 3/29/2011 10:35 AM, ken wrote: > > I've got a couple dozen other things I need to do... and the person who > was going to fax me something is scanning the doc and attaching it to an > email, so I don't need the fax anymore. So I'm bagging this project for > now. Down the road, however, I want

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On 03/28/2011 04:22 PM Robert Heller wrote: > At Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:53:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list > wrote: > >> On 03/28/2011 05:59 AM Adam Tauno Williams wrote: >>> On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 22:41 -0400, ken wrote: It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax and mi

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

At Mon, 28 Mar 2011 15:53:50 -0400 CentOS mailing list wrote: > > On 03/28/2011 05:59 AM Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > > On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 22:41 -0400, ken wrote: > >> It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax and > >> might have to send one too. Is there a way to do t

Re: [CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On 3/28/2011 2:53 PM, ken wrote: > >>> It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax and >>> might have to send one too. Is there a way to do this on CentOS 5.5? >>> (Hope so.) >> >> Hylafax; has been quietly running at work, without incident, for years. >>

[CentOS] finding the right serial port, enabling & configuring it [was: Re: fax software]

On 03/28/2011 05:59 AM Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2011-03-27 at 22:41 -0400, ken wrote: >> It's been many years, but it seems that I have to receive a fax and >> might have to send one too. Is there a way to do this on CentOS 5.5? >> (Hope so.) > > Hylafax; has been quietly running at