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On Thu, 13 Nov 1997, Ross Potts wrote:
> Now I want to use a modem on FreeBSD at home.  Before I started leaning over to 
> this OS, I tried Linux.  Then I heard that they would not take winmodems.  On my 
> Compaq Presario, that is apparently what I have(no jumpers!).  That and the 
> stupidly easy setup in FreeBSD made me change over.  

If this is a US Robotics winmodem, then it is probably in a default "plug
and play." If you can configure the modem to a fixed IRQ and IO base
address with a DOS or Windows configuration program, then it should be
pretty simple to use with FreeBSD.

Charles Mott