Re: Modems on redhat hardware compatibility list

["sol dynco" <soldynco lycos com>]

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 17:28:47  
 Leonard Sherman wrote:
...

>What it boils down to is this.  To make a driver for these modems makes 
>it a time consuming and ugly pain in the ass hack, with some chanting 
>and prayers of hope that you wind up with something that works, 
>partially at least. What it also means is that for some of these USB 
>Winmodems you might be able to find drivers to get them to run under 
>Linux. But to find those drivers you've basically got to go and bucket 
>hunt and hope you get lucky. You might check the following web page:
>
>        www.idir.net/~gromitc/winmodem.html
>
>for more information. You might also do a search for "linmodem drivers" 
>as this is what Linux drivers for Winmodems are often called. Some may 
>be vendor supplied, and others may be the result of painstakingly 
>difficult hacks,. Good Luck...
>
>I know this ain't the best news and basically it sucks. Unfortunately 
>many manufacturers still believe Microsoft Windows is the only operating 
>system in the world, Until we can convince more manufacturers to start 
>supporting other operating systems and not just Windows this is the boat 
>well be riding in.
>
> 
Thanks for your post, much appreciated, Regards, Sol


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