experimenting on my mother

[Dallas Helquist]

I would go with an external [USR sportster/courier/etc] - easy to configure, 
very reliable, easy to debug remotely. (do you see cd light flashing? etc)  
Downside is the extra cable and power supply.  Should be able to find an old 
33.6 (how good are the ph lines where she lives??) for pretty cheap.

-dallas


On Wednesday 14 November 2001 08:39 pm, you wrote:
> I am bringing my mother an old computer of mine(not the Amiga tho) that
> dual-boots Windows NT(it was the only windows that would install) and SuSE
> 7.1. Currently it's set up with a network card so that my daughter can have
> broadband access to CartoonNetwork.com, and my mom lives in the armpit of
> Wyoming and I don't think she's ready just yet for broadband(even if it
> were available), so...
>
> I need modem recommendations for this old PC. One that works and is fairly
> easy to set up under SuSE 7.1 would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
>
> P.S. I say 'experiment' because I'm going to try to get her to use the
> linux side of things, which shouldn't be hard, given NT's strong flakiness
> on that computer :)