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Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:37:42 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Soren Dossing <sauber@netcom.com>
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Subject: Re: laptop built-in modem supported ?
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On Wed, 7 Jan 1998, Soren Dossing wrote:

> Many new laptops have built-in modems these days. Are they supported ? Or
> do you need to buy an external or pcmcia modem ?

Built-in modems act just like serial ports (well, most of them -- some
require PnP initialization).  

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major