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Nov 28, 2000, 20:32 #1
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I've heard that winmodems don't work in anything besides Windows. And I know this is true because I have tried three totally different modems which I later found out to be all winmodems.
Today I got my hands on a really old modem...I believe it is an ISA Intel Express modem. How can I find out whether it is a winmodem or not? I looked at intel.com and found nothing helpful. Also, I have no documentation on the modem at all.
Thanks!
Edit:
I just realized that what my dad said was a modem was a network card. Intel EtherExpres. I guess I don't have a shot at getting on the 'net in Linux/BeOS unless I find a Xoom modem or get Cable access.
Thanks anyway!
<Edited by abahta on 11-28-2000 at 08:47 PM>
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Nov 29, 2000, 08:43 #2
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Diamond make PCI hardware modems still - if you can find one. Any ISA modem is hardware (Correct me if i'm wrong). Also nearly all external modems (Serial not USB) are hardware and will work with Linux - I use a Diamond SupraExpress 56e with Linux.
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Nov 29, 2000, 18:53 #3
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It would make sense to me that all ISA/PCI modems would be hardware modems. But I have 2 ISA modems which I found to be Winmodems
Hopefully my parents will let me have cable access sometime soon.
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Nov 29, 2000, 19:04 #4
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Nov 29, 2000, 20:25 #5
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My new computer came with a PCI modem, but with my luck it was a Winmodem alright. I'll take a look at Zoom modems. About how much do they cost?
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Nov 29, 2000, 23:33 #7
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My old computer came with a 33.6 ISA modem, which was a software based modem.
Not long afterward, I received a 56K modem (IBM brand), also ISA, also a winmodem.
Fast forward two years or so (to 1998-1999) and I am starting out in Linux/BeOS. I realize that I have two winmodems that I can't use.
Eventually, I was donated yet another winmodem, and yesterday I got what I thought was another winmodem (which turned out to be a network adapter.
My luck is just wonderful.
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Nov 30, 2000, 08:09 #8
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Try this modem...
http://www.zoomtel.com/datasheets/56kpci-2920.html
I own two of them. In my opinion, Zoom makes the best modems on the planet.
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Nov 30, 2000, 10:49 #9
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Shame your not in the UK. A few places do their own brand hardware modems that are gurantteed to work with Linux.
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Nov 30, 2000, 10:52 #10
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It is possible to get some winmodems working under linux, e.g. lucent (and rockwell, I think) based modems.
At the moment, I am stuck with an ISDN modem I cant get to work under linux and it is a pain, but when I had 56k I am sure I managed to get it working.
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