Re: Which external modem should I get <- Any old serial type will work

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > I would welcome suggestions on which external v.90 modem
> > I should obtain that is Linux compatible.
> 
> Any _serial_ (NOT USB!) external v.90 modem should work.

Yes!  If you want a specific recommendation, USR/3COM makes
a "Pro" modem which is a non-winmodem, and even mentions
Linux compatibility on the box.  Both internal and external 
versions are available.

It's probably not the cheapest modem you can find, but the
quality is outstanding.  I recently upgraded my home modem to 
one of these, and after years of 26.6K connects on a 56K Hayes 
modem, I moved up to the 36-42K connect range!!!  Right now
I'm connected as:   CONNECT 38666/ARQ/V90/LAPM/V42BIS
It's no DSL or cable modem, but I'll take what I can get out 
here in the sticks!   :-)

> With USB modems, you still have a software-based solution. 

Off topic:  Speaking of USB, I recently plugged a USB
floppy drive into a machine running Redhat 7.1, and it
was recoginized as a SCSI emulated disk drive upon boot.
No special setup required!  Changing /dev/fd0 to /dev/sdx
in the fstab, it runs perfectly as a normal floppy drive!
Probably no big deal, but I was impressed!   :-)

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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