Windevices was: RE: [aclug-L] phoebe micro pci modem 56k

[Thomas Wallis <wallis@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

        This discussion brings up an interesting question.  How can you
tell if a modem is a Winmodem or not?  Also, how about Winprinters?
When I go to CompUsa or Best Buy, I see lots of PCI and ISA modems some of
them pretty cheap.  I suspect that sooner or later, they will ALL be
Winmodems, except for external ones.   Also, the printer situation is
ugly.  Even on the manufacturer's websites, they don't say exactly
WINPRINTER.  They tell you it works with Windows 95, 98, and NT.  That
doesn't mean it wouldn't work with LINUX.   I often check Dejanews to find
out about a particular printer under LINUX.  That is about all you can do,
it seems.  

        Any thoughts?  

                                Tom Wallis



> 
> 
> 1.  It's a PNP card that is really a full serial port and modem... In
> which case you would need to get isapnp and get the PNP config right...
> Or simply boot into Dos/Windows and use loadlin to hot boot linux.  Then
> your modem will work... (Sometimes it's possible to "jumper" the
> hardware to ignore PnP, but that's not very likely.)
> 
> 2.  It's really one of those cheep-o Winmodems....  In which case, it is
> not lilely to ever work with linux. So break out the cash for an
> external modem and be done with it...
> 
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