From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Jun 5 8:42:51 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from c014.sfo.cp.net (c014-h022.c014.sfo.cp.net [209.228.12.86]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 32E8E37BEA4 for ; Mon, 5 Jun 2000 08:42:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john@hei.net) Received: (cpmta 28213 invoked from network); 5 Jun 2000 08:31:49 -0700 Received: from unknown (HELO trout) (209.222.163.131) by smtp.transport.com with SMTP; 5 Jun 2000 08:31:49 -0700 X-Sent: 5 Jun 2000 15:31:49 GMT Message-ID: <001501bfcf00$5b905b00$83a3ded1@hei.net> From: "John Hengstler" To: "Mike Smith" Cc: , References: <200006051523.IAA17373@mass.cdrom.com> Subject: Re: Unknown Devices Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2000 08:11:42 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I don't know that what the actual modem is inside. The system is a Compaq Presario 1200. I am waiting for the compaq restore CD to reinstall the windows side to figure out what really on here. (Needs a compaq driver?) John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Smith" To: "Eaglez" Cc: "John Hengstler" ; ; Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 8:23 AM Subject: Re: Unknown Devices > > Well, i'm not sure about 5.0's new funky support (i > > mean, if it supports the SB Live, who knows), but in > > the past, PCI modems have never been supported, > > because they all tend to be win modems (only MS > > windows drivers available). I'd advise possibly an > > external modem. (Hey, they're probably still cheaper > > than USB modems, although i'd go with that if it IS > > somehow cheaper.) > > Watch out - some USB modems are also WinModems. > > -- > \\ Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. \\ Mike Smith > \\ Tell him he should learn how to fish himself, \\ msmith@freebsd.org > \\ and he'll hate you for a lifetime. \\ msmith@cdrom.com > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message