Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 12:47:46 -0700 (MST) From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> To: Ross Potts <rpotts@med.osd.mil> Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971113124416.3567A-100000@darkstar.home> In-Reply-To: <9711131358.ZM7559@unknown.zmail.host>
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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
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