I've finally found a couple of PCI modems that will work with Linux. One is the
Zoom model 2920 and the other is from 3Com/USR 56K Performance Pro Model
3CP5610A. They both run about $80, so I'm set there now. Now to see if I can
replace some of my legacy hardware with newer tech.
Michael Burger wrote:
> I believe Jason Costomiris (on this list) is using a USB Zip drive
> under RH7, with no problems.
>
> On Sat, 9 Dec 2000 11:19:12 -0500 (EST), John Scott wrote:
>
> >What I'm looking at for a motherboard is the Asus A7V with the Via KT133
> >chipset. The board has ATA100/66/33 support and AGP Pro 4x support.
> >Unfortunately it has no ISA slots, but 5 PCI slots. It supports up to 1
> >GHz AMD Thunderbird in Socket A and up to 7 USB ports. I've already got
> >serial devices that would use up any serial ports, so an external serial
> >modem would remove one of these devices. Forgot to mention that. So that
> >is why the interest in the USB modem. As a side note, anybody using a USB
> >Zip drive? I'm out of IDE channels (yes I know there is always SCSI or
> >parallel port). Has anybody found a PCI modem that isn't a winmodem?
> >
> >John
> >
> >On Sat, 9 Dec 2000, Jason Costomiris wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 09:40:43AM -0500, Mike Burger wrote:
> >>: Actually, my point was why bother using a USB modem instead of a regular
> >>: serial modem...which is what he indicated as being the focal point of his
> >>: investigation.
> >>
> >> Aha! In that case, my best guess is that he's got one of those PCs that
> >> only came with one serial port... Perhaps he also has multiple machines
> >> to share the modem between.. He can hot-plug with USB...
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jason Costomiris <>< | Technologist, geek, human.
> >> jcostom {at} jasons {dot} org | http://www.jasons.org/
> >> Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
> >>
> >>
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