non-winmodem modems

[Cox, Michael]

> There are some external win modems

That is truely bizarre.  The mind wobbles at the mere concept.  People BUY
these things?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: JD Runyan [mailto:Jason.Runyan at nitckc.usda.gov]
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2001 9:28 AM
> To: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: non-winmodem modems
> 
> 
> 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"). 
> >