From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 5 14: 0:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from inconnu.isu.edu (inconnu.isu.edu [134.50.8.55]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5DD2937B4D7 for ; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 14:00:07 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (galt@localhost) by inconnu.isu.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA05555; Sun, 5 Nov 2000 14:59:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 14:59:55 -0700 (MST) From: John Galt To: Ras-Sol Cc: Heredity Choice , Jeremy Vandenhouten , adesouza@hpu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Modem Compatibility In-Reply-To: <3A05B9CE.93DB0A7D@usa.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG If there's a FAQ maintainer for this, the faq entry should look like USR/3COM: The Courier line of modems was their flagship, and they never made a Courier winmodem, so all Couriers are fully compatible with FreeBSD. The sportster line had a couple of winmodem models, so caution is advised. The quickest way to tell if a sportster is compatible (the only non-compatible sportsters are the winmodems) are the two generalized winmodem winnowing rules: external modems are never winmodems, and modems that have jumpers for determining the ttyS (COM) port, IRQ, and I/O port can not be winmodems. On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Ras-Sol wrote: > Right, but they didn't make any *external* winmodems ;) > > External USR Sportster is recommended here as well. > > John Galt wrote: > > > > They made winmodems in the sportster line--courier's a safer bet: they > > made no courier winmodems... > > > > On Sat, 4 Nov 2000, Heredity Choice wrote: > > > > > I use a US Robotic Sportser, but for anybody without an available ISA slot > > > any external serial modem is sure to work. I should expect an external USB > > > modem also to work. > > > > > > Paul Smith > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Jeremy > > > > Vandenhouten > > > > Sent: Friday, 27 October, 2000 19:49 PM > > > > To: adesouza@hpu.edu; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > > Subject: Re: Modem Compatibility > > > > > > > > > > > > A US Robotics/3Com ISA Modem with jumpers on it... > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Adrian De Souza" > > > > Date: Friday, October 27, 2000 9:43 pm > > > > Subject: Modem Compatibility > > > > > > > > > To whom it may concern: > > > > > > > > > > I want to purchase a modem for my FreeBSD system. I have checked > > > > > out the recommended > > > > > hardware section on the FreeBSD webpage but was of little help to > > > > > me (nothing > > > > > on modems). Can anyone recommend any modem that they are sure will > > > > > work? > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > > > > > Adrian De Souza > > > > > Honolulu, Hawaii > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > > > > -- > > Galt's sci-fi paradox: Stormtroopers versus Redshirts to the death. > > > > Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who! > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- Sacred cows make the best burgers Who is John Galt? galt@inconnu.isu.edu, that's who!!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message