Re: newbie: questions about linux and knoppix

From: Littleberry (davsf_at_neto.com)
Date: 07/31/03 

Date: 31 Jul 2003 07:54:39 -0700

Juha,

jsiltala@cc.helsinki.fi (Juha Kustaa Siltala) wrote in message news:<slrnbihc65.ppe.jsiltala@kruuna.Helsinki.FI>...

> I don't think you have a modem. If it's a winmodem, you should google for
> its make and moded and "linux" to see if somebody has had any success. But
> generally, winmodems work with Windows only because their functions are
> half done with (Windows) software. Linux wants a real hardware modem.
>

Juha,

I feel like I have been HAD! About three years I had three
PC's and I went looking for a standard modem (for all three)
and I definitely did NOT want winmodems for that very
reason (I wanted to be able to use DOS if necessary).
I just now looked at that box again, and it does NOT say
winmodem (as did a lot of other ones I looked at back
then in the store). While this one does NOT say windmodem
plainly and clearly on the box, it does say, in very small
print under system requirements, windows 95, 98, or nt.
So they sneaked a winmodem in on me - blast! The only thing
good I can say is that they always worked flawlessly with
windows, but, still, I feel like I got tricked!

I guess this means I have to go shopping again for a modem -
dangit! I hate that because I really can never know what
brand, what to get - I just wish there could be some kind
of accepted standard that we could all go with and be confident
there aren't any "gotcha's" like I have just been bit with.
Is there an inexpensive plain-jane variety of modem that
is in widespread use and is likely to be problem free?

Thanks, that answers my biggest concern here.

Littleberry

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