On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Wolfgang Weisselberg wrote:
Hi!
Trying to kill the keyboard, hatridge@straubing.baynet.de produced:
to bring down the system or open the box. And whatever you do DON'T get a winmodem. They are junk to start with and get worst as you go along. You
Winmodems are probably OK for Windows. But since they lack essential hardware (and have to use the CPU of the computers using a proprietary DLL to compensate) they simply won't work with anything else, e.g. Linux.
-Wolfgang
Hi Wolfgang, You're right, winmodems are probably ok for gatesware. But nothing else! Once someone gets passed kindergarden they will want a real modem. Then they will be kicking their butts for spending money on a toy. So the bottom line is don't get trapped by the evil empire! JIM ----------------------------------------- Jim Hatridge Germany hatridge@straubing.baynet.de M$ -- Ghostdriver* on the road to the future! (*German Slang for the guy driving on the wrong side of the road!) ___________ News Flash! -------------- News Flash! ___________________ Yesterday, a ferry boat leaving Haiti sunk and 300 people died, drowned, as the boat capsized. But a tragedy was avoided when they discovered that none of them on board was a Princess. --- Harlan Ellison, InterZone -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e