Re: Linmodems

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Sun, 26 Aug 2001 22:16:31 -0400 "Oded Ben-Ami" <abaoded hotmail com>
imparted to us:

> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been paying a visit to linmodem.org. These guys referred me to
> a list 
> of OK modems available is CompUSA; OK modems meaning tested and work
> under 
> linux. I attach this list below.
> 
> I was hoping to get some feedback from you guys on those models, to
> know 
> which are recommendedby some of you and which are prefered being left
> alone 
> (for reasons of speed, errors and just about any other reason).
> Also if there are any favorites around here, which are not on the list
> (and 
> are still being manufactured and sold) please share those with me as
> well.
> 
> 
> Thanks for any feedback.

Do yourself a favor and get a nice ISA-based, non-winmodem, or an
external. You'll have far fewer headaches. If you don't have ISA,
external still works.

I got a Phoebe internal ISA for $35 3 years ago (56K to boot). They
can't be more expensive now, presuming they're still in business. You
can find decent quality non-winmodems without paying a fortune. Even
some PCI-based, though I'm not recommending any of them because I
haven't tried them.

Yes, those on the list likely can be made to work. Yes, they'll take
some playing around with things to accomplish it, most likely. My time
is worth more to me than $5-20 extra spent on a modem that works right
the first time.

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