Re: winmodems

[James Smallacombe <james pil net>]

On Mon, 30 Jun 1997, Laslo Fodor wrote:

> Tom Burke wrote:
> 
> > I have a couple of 33.6 winmodems I picked up to sell, & I wonder if
> > anyone has figured out how to make them work with linux??  I tried
> > once,
> > and it no-workee...  Does anyone know if it's possible, & if so, how??
> 
>   My understanding is that those were nesigned or at least optimized for
> running under Windows 95. These are the lower end modems from US
> Robotics,a stripped down sprotster if you will. You may be able to get
> it to run but I do not feel they will run very reliably if at all. If
> you find out something different, please share it with us.

As an ISP, let me just take this opportunity to trash the Winmodem.  The
Sportster is acceptable and a Courier is very nice indeed (for the price,
it ought to be!), but the Winmodem is absolutely _the_ worst modem type
I've had to deal with.  Drops connections, crappy speed, you name it.
Even the IBM MWave modem isn't as bad.

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