[ale] How easy using a USB CellModem has become.

[JK]

Michael B. Trausch wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-08-03 at 18:53 -0400, Jim Lynch wrote:
>> Cables?  This is a pcmcia card and works just fine on XP
>> unfortunately.
> 
> Ahh.  Weird.  Why does it get a ttyUSB node created then?  I'd think
> it'd simply just show up as a straight serial device instead of a USB
> abstraction of one.


I've encountered some PCMCIA devices that were really just equivalent
USB devices wrapped in a PCMCIA adapter card.  My UTStarcomm broadband
modem is like that.

-- JK

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