Re: Modem Problems

[Tesla Coil <tescoil@rtpro.net>]

On 29 Apr 1999 Justin Rolando wrote:

>> I a, having this small problem getting my modem online.
>> It don't work lol. I get the text modem is busy. I am runnign
>> Caldera2.2 and using a Zoom 56K-PCI modem.

Same day, Steven Pritchard replied:

> As far as I know, Linux doesn't support any of the PCI modems.  They
> all are either Winmodems (just a DSP with a driver that does all the
> real work in software), or they use chipsets that no documentation has
> been released for.  If you want a modem that you can be sure will
> work, get an external modem, or an ISA modem that you are sure is
> *not* a Winmodem.

There are PCI modems that are not Winmodems, but they are quite rare
and unconfirmed.  On an internal modem, you want not only an ISA slot
but jumpered IRQs--then virtually guaranteed to work.

A worthy project to document which are which:
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html


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