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Re: winmodem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Horton)
Wed Sep 16 07:36:13 1998
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1998 06:27:09 -0500
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
From: Michael Horton <handh@netten.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02A.9809160105110.7093-100000@alcatraz.alcatraz
.fdf.net>
Howdy...
A Winmodem will not work with Linux. From my understanding, Windows 95 is
needed for the specific software support a Winmodem requires. Linux does
not supply this support.
You are better off purchasing a "real" modem, that is, a modem that will
work with any OS. I purchased the current USR Courier moded and have been
very happy with it. While it is more expensive than a USR Sportster, it is
more reliable, expenadable, etc.
If you check the USENIX newsgroups for Linux, Red Hat's web site and news
lists or Rutger's news lists, you will find groups that deal more directly
with this issue and more information.
HTH,
MH
>
> From what I understand, a WinModem takes 33% of a P5-133 CPU (under
>Win95), so you probably don't even want to bother... the bad part about
this is
>running CPU-intensive programs while you're online with a WinModem has a
>tendancy to cause many problems... my suggestion is to get a modem that
has all
>of it's brains built-in :)
>
>
>On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Sandy Basickes wrote:
>
>> >dear jason davis,
>>
>> i am looking to buy a modem also.
>>
>> i looked at the news group comp.os.linux.hardware
>>
>> there are several success stories there using isanpnp
>> and wvdial
>>
>> truly,
>> sandy basickes
>> >Jason Davis a écrit:
>> >>
>> >> does anyone know of something that has been wrote for linux to use
>> >> winmodems?
>> >> if so please help me find it....
>> >
>> >The only information I've got about this is a mail from Alan Cox
>> >(alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk) where he wrote :
>> >
>> ><SNIP of my mail>
>> >> "internal USR-WinModem" (could there be a shorter way to explain a
>> >> problem ?)
>> >> I've got three of them, and I really, but REALLY really don't like the
>> >> idea of throwing them all away, *just* :-) because I want to switch over
>> >> to Linux...
>> ></SNIP>
>> >
>> ><SNIP Alan's reply>
>> >Making them work would be hard. If you are prepared to put the time into
>> >it
>> >ask Donald Becker <becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov> if his contacts know
>> >of a contact for you. But you _will_ have to write DSP style trellis
>> >codecs and signal processing stuff if the winmodem works the way I am
>> >told
>> ></SNIP>
>> >
>> >I never had the time (and knowledge) to follow further on, and I'm still
>> >(partially) stuck un Lose95, just for that reason. But I'll get some new
>> >modems soon...
>> >
>> >--
>> >
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>> >/
>> >
>> >-"Since I have dual boot, Win95 has become much more stable"
>> >-"That's what YOU think. In reality since, sometimes you happen to
>> > shutdown Lose95 before the GPF does it for you..."
>> >
>> >
>> >
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