There are some external win modems, but there are fewer than not, so
still take a little caution in buying those.

On Mon, Sep ,  at 05:23:11AM -0700, Cox, Michael wrote:
> 
> To my knowledge, there are no external win-modems.  If it's external, it
> will work with Linux.  With INTERNAL modems, you'll have to be more careful,
> but most ISA modems with jumpers can be used (I have an ISA with the
> Rockwell chipset, my daughter has a Motorola, external, and I just picked up
> an ELSA external for a friend off of eBay for $32 from "PC Ambulance"). 
> 
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