[ale] Winmodem useless or usable?

[Nomad the Wanderer]

That blows.  Mine's built in 56K.  I have a pcmcia version that
is 33.6 so I'm not completely SOL.

If someone want's to write a driver I'll volunteer to be a guinea pig.



Robert

Thus spake Dan Newcombe (Newcombe at mordor.clayton.edu):

> >   I just got a new laptop.  I was just told it's built in modem is a
> > winmodem.  Can I just count that out or can I actually use it?  Anyone
> > got any docs, etc?  I've heard winmodems are bad news in Linux. 
> 
> I've been going nuts trying to get one to work in NT as well.  I'd return
> it and ask for a modem, not a phone connection :)
> 

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Robert L. Harris                |    Windows is to Unix 
Senior System Administrator II  |      what 'hooked on phonics'
  at Great West Life.           \_       is to Shakespeare


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