Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 04:07:42 -0500 (EST) From: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> To: igorr@crosswinds.net Cc: Joshua Richesin <jrichesin@peoplepc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop support Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.10.10012150402130.19239-100000@pacman.gpcc.itd.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <20001215084444.A32511@linux.rainbow>
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Yes, he could use a PCMCIA modem. Those are pretty much your two options. External serial port and pcmcia. Any one that is a true hardware modem (not a winmodem) should work. Josh, did you not get a message from me about this with a few links for you to check to see if a modem was a winmodem? Tim On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Igor' Robul' wrote: > On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 07:17:48PM -0600, Joshua Richesin wrote: > > Ok, from the responses I got from this email forum, I have determined that I > > cannot use the modem that is currently in the Compaq 1245 laptop. My next > > question is, what modem should I get that freebsd "likes" the most? > > Remember, this is for a Compaq 1245 laptop. > Buy ANY external modem. Of course, if your laptop does not have serial > port you can't use external modem. > > -- > Igor Robul, Unix System Administrator & Programmer @ sanatorium "Raduga", > Sochi, Russia > http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=304744 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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