[TriLUG] ISA modems not really that bad.

[Tanner Lovelace]

On Thu, 2002-05-16 at 15:34, al johson wrote:

> This is because most ISA plug-n-play modems can be "fixed" as it were by
> simply changing a jumper on the modem which kills the plug-n-play nonsense.
> Then it pretty much gets installed correctly by the distribution. So many of
> the PCI modems are winmodems (except for those with high prices on them--US
> Robotics has one which they claim is Linux ready and will easily install if
> you have a specific kernel or higher). But some of the other PCI modems will
> work on DOS and usually if they work on DOS they should work with LINUX.
> External modems are not an option for those who lack desk space (which I
> do). Actually there are solutions (some of them simple) for some winmodems,
> because some folks in the Linux community realized the problem and have set
> up a couple of websites to help. Actually, when I lost my motherboard which
> had an ISA slot on it and I couldn't get another one with an ISA slot,
> that's when my modem problems really began. ---Al Johnson

This is the main reason I have an external modem (US Robotics, either
Courier or Sportster, I don't remember which one).  But, since I
got a cable modem, I never use it anymore...

Tanner
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