Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: > Most (unfortunately not all, but most) external modems are fully > interchangeable. Baloo Ursidae writes: > All external modems work. All external modems are not fully interchangeable. There are a few that are shipped with whacked-out default configurations or, worse yet, have buggy i

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 03:27:04PM -0500, John Hasler wrote: > You shouldn't need to do anything special. Just plug it it in place of the > other one and it will probably work fine. Most (unfortunately not all, but > most) external modems are fully i

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:17:03PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer All external modems automatically work if your serial ports do. What kind of problems are you having? - -- .''`. Baloo Ur

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread David Z Maze
john gennard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer > Research UK Ltd, uses a serial port It's almost certainly compatible. (Serial modems are decades-old technology now, and don't depend at all on what's inside the box.) The big compatibility iss

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Nico Meijer
Hi John, > Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. Wow, impressive. No modem can replace *my* wife! ;-) > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer > Research UK Ltd, uses a serial port and has a model No 1456 > EVS. The main chip inside the case shows:- >

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread John Hasler
ohn gennard writes: > The modem is an external one made by (?for) Microcomputer Research UK > Ltd, uses a serial port... You shouldn't need to do anything special. Just plug it it in place of the other one and it will probably work fine. Most (unfortunately not all, but most) external modems are

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Pigeon
On Tue, Jun 03, 2003 at 08:17:03PM +0100, john gennard wrote: > Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. > At the time she ran W98 only. Now I've got her interested > in Linux and she runs Knoppix as well as W2000. > > I think the original modem is starting to give trouble, so >

Re: modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread Yves Delhaye
Have a look at http://www.modem-drivers.com/drivers/79/79937.htm AND http://www.modem-drivers.com/companies/247.htm But there is indeed no reference to linux! YvD john gennard wrote: Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. At the time she ran W98 only. Now I've got her interested

modem compatibilty

2003-06-04 Thread john gennard
Some months ago I bought a modem as a spare for the wife. At the time she ran W98 only. Now I've got her interested in Linux and she runs Knoppix as well as W2000. I think the original modem is starting to give trouble, so if possible I'd like to replace it with the spare, but I'm not clear exact