Hi Damon, Damon Register wrote:
If the new PC will have a serial port, imho your best bet is to buy a (read: any) external modem. I guess it has been so long since I had to use a modem myself that I completely forgot about that option. That is an excellent idea. Thanks. Almost certainly the computer has a serial port. I will have to contact
Eberhard Roloff wrote: the relatives in Peru to confirm that.
I cannot remember that there was any AT-command compatible modem that did not work with Linux. I vaguely remember fighting with various obscure command strings and having trouble with some brands of modems not connecting well but that was a long time ago. I aggree, that it is ie. was sometimes a lot of hassle to make anything work flawlessly.
However, as the model specific AT command are usually very well documented in the manual there never it a REAL problem that cannot be overcome. On a sidenote, the only modem that I had problems with, was a US Robotics ;-)) Sportster 19.200. But the documentation was excellent and therefore I had no real trouble to make it work according to the rather special "US Robotics AT command set" of that time. ;-)) I do remember back then I chose the US Robotics
modem for the old 486 because it was going to Peru and I didn't want to have to try to deal with that on a long distance phone call.
If this one is still operational and if it is capable to use 56k (max.), you most probable can simply continue to use it.
these. Always used external ones, where you can see the LEDs and conclude what they are doing. Forgot about that advantage. It is settled, I will look for an external.
You might find them cheaply at ebay. Recently I got an Elsa microlink 56k there for next to nothing. kind regards Eberhard -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org