From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Jan 17 16:50:11 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f145.law12.hotmail.com [64.4.19.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76EA637B401 for ; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:49:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 17 Jan 2001 16:49:51 -0800 Received: from 203.121.16.73 by lw12fd.law12.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:49:50 GMT X-Originating-IP: [203.121.16.73] From: "BSD Blood" To: dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au, freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modem Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2001 00:49:50 -0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 18 Jan 2001 00:49:51.0081 (UTC) FILETIME=[90763D90:01C080E8] Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Sorry to hear that. Actually, I bought my modem in OZ too, back in 1997, when I was a student. That modem's grey. No fancy stuffs or what so ever on the modem. >From: "Doug Young" >To: "BSD Blood" , , > >Subject: Re: Modem >Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:11:38 +1000 > >Obviously some people have infinitely more patience with pox-ridden >hardware >than I have ..... the last generic modem I had was one of the silver >colored spaceship styled "WebExcel" branded beasts .. possibly sold as >either "Protac" or "Rockwell" in other parts of the planet than OZ. It did >work fine ..... for maybe 6 - 8 hours. Now thats probably fair enough for >the average 2 hour a day dialup user but it certainly is NOT on a permanent >connection. Apparently the pretty color / design means the thing overheats >quickly & it then needs a few hours rest to cool off before its prepared to >do another shift. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "BSD Blood" >To: ; >Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:12 AM >Subject: Re: Modem > > > > I've been using a external generic modem with rockwell chipset for >nearly >4 > > years now. No problems at all with my other Unix workstations. > > > > > > >From: GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com > > >To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > > >Subject: Modem > > >Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 09:48:07 EST > > > > > >Hey guys ; what is a good externel modem to buy for FreeBSD i can be >sure > > >will work without problems? I have been told U. S. Robotics is good but >i > > >want some more opinions. Thanks > > > > > > Arthur > > > > > > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > >_________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at >http://www.hotmail.com. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message