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- <li><em>date</em>: Wed Jan 26 08:06:55 2005</li>
- <li><em>from</em>: cfowler at outpostsentinel.com (Christopher Fowler)</li>
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Awesome piece of equipment.
On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 07:14, Preston Boyington wrote:
> Steve Durdin wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a 56kb PCI modem for use on Fedora that does not
> > become useless when the kernel is updated to a newer version?
>
> I cannot recommend a PCI modem. I stopped using a PCI modem years ago
> and now will only use a decent external modem.
>
> Here is a list of the problems I DON'T have:
> 1) having to reboot my computer because of a modem "lock" (just turn
> modem off and back on, not whole computer)
> 2) finding some module/string/whatever to make my modem work. i plug
> the thing in and start wvdial/kppp/gnome-dialer/pon
> 3) wondering if the thing is working (are the lights blinking?)
> 4) compatability (it works with every operating system)
> 5) upgradeability (add another at any time, no need to open the case)
>
> I use a Zoom brand modem. I bought it new off eBay for $45 and after a
> week purchased the other two (new) for roughly the same price.
>
> I still have one unopened in my closet. The other I loaned to my wife's
> aunt because she had bought 4 internal modems over a year. She loves
> this external modem and has stated that I won't be getting it back
> anytime soon (it's ok she's old and I can wait). She no longer has
> problems connecting to her local internet service and doesn't get
> dropped like before. She is 67 dual-booting ME and Xandros PE. She
> uses ME for some greeting card program for the garden club (and the
> impulse buy at Wal-Mart), but Xandros for everything else. When she
> gets back from her camping/hiking next week I am going to upgrade her to
> SuSE 9.2 or Debian Sarge so her DVD burner will work to full capacity.
>
> Preston
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