[TriLUG] just starting out, help

[Marc Johnson]

> > Well, first off ... is your modem a real modem or a WinModem? If the
> > latter, all the brains are in the Windows driver, and no ISP,
> > Linux-friendly or otherwise, will be able to help you.
>
>Not quite true.  linmodems.org may be able to resurrect that Winmodem under
>Linux.  Finding the right stuff can be a bit daunting, but I recently got 
>the
>Lucent Winmodem on an IBM T23 laptop working.  It took me more than an hour
>to find the right drivers, but it only took me about 10 minute to configure
>it after that.
>
>---Tom

Well, that *is* good news. I knew people have been working on winmodem 
support, but was unaware of this much progress.

I stand corrected.


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