Re: [opensuse] SUSE certified laptop

On Friday 30 March 2007 11:24, BRUCE STANLEY wrote:
--- James Knott <james.knott@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
What PC Card modems are they talking about?
AS I posted last time, I have tried the 'True Hardware' Zonet PC
Card modem and can't get it to work. On the box it came in, it even
says that it is compatible with Linux that have later kernals, but
does not specify which kernal(s) it is talking about.

I have a US Robotics Megahertz 28.8 kbps XJACK PC Card modem that I
upgraded (via a firmware update) to 33.6 kbps. Linux sees it as a
serial port. It's worked fine in every machine I've used it in.
These can be picked up very cheaply on eBay, and computer surplus
stores often have buckets full of them they're dying to unload.

Yep, I got a Dell PCMCIA modem at a junk sale for $12. Has worked
perfectly for years whenever I have [rarely] actually needed to use an
analog line.

Don't forget the most often overlooked solution - your cell phone.
Most cell pones can attach via a USB port, emulate a serial port, and
support the Hayes command set. Every cell phone I've had I've been
able to make a terminal call with (using nothing but the USB cable and
minicom).

While my cell phone includes such a "modem", it uses GPRS, which is an
extra cost service.
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Follou up:

I found a version of Linux that will work with my Thinkpad T41 and
my ZONET PCMCIA 56k modem. It is the Live CD version of Simply MEPIS
3.4.3.

Get on the Thinkpad list and check out your hardware with the IBM experts.
They can advise you best on which distribution works best with which
hardware.

I uses a version of the smartlinke modem software.

Now I must decide if I want to install it on the hard drive as a
permintate multi-boot opition. It is an older version of Mepis
and I would like to use a more current version of Linux.


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