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Date:      Mon, 28 Aug 2000 12:44:41 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
To:        "Matt Bettinger" <mattb@finsyn.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Internal Modems
Message-ID:  <14762.42249.362164.82889@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <71189245@toto.iv>

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Matt Bettinger writes:
> ok,  how do i find out if this sucker is a WinModem?  Should i look for
> such obvious signs as 'this is a winmodem'  or 'specifically designed for
> Windows 95/98'  etc.?

Check for "OS Requirements". If it requires Win9x, then it's probably
a Winmodem. If it can work on DOS, Windows NT or Linux, then it
probably isn't (I'd say it wasn't, except there are drivers for some
of the Winmodems for Linux, and possibly NT by now). I'm not sure
about Win2k.

Also, PCI tends to be Winmodems, ISA not (but this isn't a hard-n-fast
rule either). I didn't have any luck finding a PCI card that was
supported prior to 4.1-RELEASE.

Getting a cheapo external modem is probably the best bet. You may even
be able to borrow one from someone who's upgraded to broadband.

	<mike




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