RE: Which Modem

[Ryan Waldron <rew erebor com>]

On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Foung Vang wrote:

> US Robotics Sportster External
> Always a gurantee to work...since it's plug into a serial port
> None of that jumperless modem
> 
> I, right now have US Robotics V.90 Sportster (not the voice...no need
> for it) and got it to work under linux in less than 1 minute
> :)

I second the recommendation.  There are several decent modems out there,
but I've used USR modems for a long time, so I'm most familiar with them.

I think the real key to making it as painless as possible is to get an
external modem, for two reasons: 1) No interrupts or such things to
worry about when configuring, and 2) you can see *some* indication of
what is going on with the lights.

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