Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 23:47:58 +0200 (MET DST) From: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> To: "MC Irani" <mirani@annapolis.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Guess I have to go now. Message-ID: <199709222147.XAA09624@bitbox.follo.net> In-Reply-To: "MC Irani"'s message of Mon, 22 Sep 1997 10:12:20 -0400 References: <14155875004630@annapolis.net>
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> I installed Free BSD on my Pacard Bell Platinum 2220 MMX computer and = > have been able to configure and use the operatiing system but I have not = > been able to break out of my isolation, apparently because FreeBSD wont = > talk to the > > Sound III336 modem that came with the machine. I have experience with = > early versions of UNIX (dating from the SUN II work-station using 4MEG = > of ram in 1987) but this is my first attempt at running BSD on a home = > PC. Since I have other projects pending I am about to free up my 2.1G D = > disk and let Windows 95 take it over. I guess I'll continue to work = > under Bill's donimance until I can extract some $ out of the home budget = > for a FreeBSD compatible modem ---unless someone out there has an idea = > of what I may be doing wrong/not doing right etc. =20 You're running a windows-only modem, which is not following anything even resembling standards. No go for us; no way to support those things. It is close to impossible - MS doesn't support 'em either, it is just that the manufacturers create drivers just for Windows. Eivind.
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