[100104] in RedHat Linux List
Re: "Winmodems" (Support in Linux)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ramon Gandia)
Wed Nov 18 13:55:13 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 09:49:48 -0900
From: Ramon Gandia <rfg@nook.net>
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Aaron Clow wrote:
>
> > Yup, similar to my comm server. But, when the internal modem is removed
> > there's room for another serial port card. Get one which can be jumpered for
> > ttyS2 and higher. Then plug your external modem into that. That's what I'm
> > doing.
>
> Rich, it's vital that my machine also be Windows-compatible (I do a lot of
> audio/visual stuff with devices & software not supported in Linux)... My
> machine is already so loaded down that I almost can't even fit it all in a
> full-tower case. All my PCI and ISA slots are full, so I'm sharing more
> than five IRQs...
Go to Control Panel, System, and find out which IRQ and IO port
your Winmodem is using. (Resources).
Then yank the winmodem out. Insert the dual serial card in there
with the IO port and IRQ set the same as on the Winmodem. If you
are really short of IRQ's, you can disable the second port on the
serial card.
When you pull the card out, do it in this order: (1) In control
panel, system, remove the Winmodem. (2) START, SHUTDOWN. (3)
Open the box, remove the card. (3) Insert new card. Test it.
POwer down again. (4) Attach external modem, power up. See if
Win95 recognizes the modem. If not, proceed manually as usual.
You can get serial cards for PCI and ISA, although most are ISA.
The best ones give you a wide variety of COM (I/O port) choices,
IRQ choices and port 1 and port 2 enable/disable.
Then, for a LOT more money, they make 8, 16 and up serial cards
with one IRQ only (Cyclades, Gtek and others) but these are
outside your price range. Stick with the $10 to $20 variety
dual port ones.
Whatever you do, get it to work in Windows first, then in Linux.
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