[MLUG] Re: Winmodems

["Ryan Thornton" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Most don't, but try a google search on linmodems or winmodems and linux,
there are a few that people have hacked a program to get them to work...
usually they are not as featurefull as the windows software.  but if it
works it works...

I ended up getting 2 winmodems because they are so darn cheap (practically
$0)  and in windows they work well enough for web browsing and mail.  I
still have a real 14.4 that works for linux.... and I can see upgrading to a
real 56k for > $50

(yeah when my winmodem connects the mouse slows down and sticks and the mp3s
skip a bit but hey, it's windows...)

- Ryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Davis, Ryan Wiley (UMC-Student)" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 7:21 PM
Subject: RE: [MLUG] Mandrake 8.0/Red Hat 7.1 ISOs


> So you are saying that winmodems run under linux? How do you do this. I
> remeber asking on this list before and everyone told me that you couldnt
get
> a winmodem to run under Linux. This was some time ago though. That would
be
> cool if I could get it to work.
>
>
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Igor Izyumin Jr. [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 3:57 PM
> To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
> Subject: Re: [MLUG] Mandrake 8.0/Red Hat 7.1 ISOs
>
>
> On Monday 23 April 2001 15:17, you wrote:
> > 1  Throw it in the dumpster
> > 2  Buy a US Robotics external modem.
> > 3  Never worry about connections ever again.
> Why?  A lucent winmodem is just as good as any other modem.  It is
> controller-based, and does not take resources from the CPU.  You are
> confusing winmodems with HSP modems.  Lucent winmodems are NOT HSP modems.
> They are just PCI-based modems which may actually be better than old
serial
> modem.  The software only does crap like the Hayes command set, and that
is
> a
> good thing, because there is a better possibility that it will set the
modem
>
> to the best settings (and there's really no reason to run the same
software
> on the modem itself).  People are using PCI-based soundcards as something
> better, so why the hell use old ISA-based modems?  Besides, these modems
are
>
> software-upgradeable, so you will not need to buy a new modem when a new
> standard (such as v.92) comes out.
>
> > I don't know anything about using a win modem in Linux.
> They work perfectly with the driver.
>
> > All I know about win modems is that they are using software and the OS
to
> > do what a modem has always done with IC's on the modem.  Cheep modem
> means,
> > not all of the parts are there and big headaches.
> Why do you need an EPROM BIOS on the modem?  Why do you need an RS232
> interface?  What the hell for?  Once again, you're confusing modems with
> soundcards (also known as HSP modems).  A lucent winmodem is a modem, not
a
> soundcard.  It just doesn't have old legacy crap like RS232 and a BIOS.
>
> > Internal modem means, modem hangs, reboot your computer to power off you
> > modem.
> How many times has your soundcard hung?  Or your processor?  Should we all
> be
> using external NICs because they might hang?  And what about the TV cards
> that are based on the BT84X chips (which hook directly to the PCI bus)?
The
>
> only modems that hang are old modems that implement everything via an
> on-board CPU, and there's no reason to use them when we have fast CPUs and
> lots of RAM.  However, they are much cheaper to make because they do not
> need
> stupid legacy technology (such as EPROM chips for storing the command
set),
> and the firmware can easily be upgraded and bug-fixed.  Hell, just an
eprom
> costs around $5.  What for?
> --
> -- Igor
> --
> To manage your subscription, go to
http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php
>
> Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/
> --
> To manage your subscription, go to
http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php
>
> Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/
>

--
To manage your subscription, go to http://mlug.missouri.edu/members/edit.php

Archives are available at http://mlug.missouri.edu/list-archives/