On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Patrick Goetz wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Feb 1999, Cheng Zhou wrote:
> > On a slightly different topic, it seems like practically every 56k
> > modem on the market is either a PCI modem or at least a WinModem. I
> > want to put a 56k modem in my 486 (this thing precedes the
> >  Vesa Local Bus era that seemed to be swept away by PCI).  
> > Can somebody recommend a good (preferably cheap) ISA 56k modem 
> > that'll work in Linux?  Or are there none?  It seems also that 
> > ADSL is available in Austin, but only in limited areas.  Has 
> > anyone gotten it?  I'm somewhat curious to see because my central 
> > office (Fireside) is one of the ones that will support it.
> > 
> 
> Just get an external modem - they're better anyway, as you get to look at
> the little blinking lights  (free entertainment).

Also consider that you can change dip settings and reset the modem without
having to power cycle your entire computer.


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