Hi Dave,

I feel your pain about the internal PCI modems.
I have not been able to find a good modem for my machine and
I had to buy one of the external modems.  I guess this would be
the way to go.  

The Wolf


> Dave wrote:
> 
> 
> As a new subscriber to the list, I just wanted to say hello to all.
> So, what I thought I would do is share one of those "How could I have
> done this?" stories.
> My girlfriend and I drove to Las Vegas to pick up some supplies for
> her mothers computer that I am setting up here.  It's an old unit with
> a 486 DX-100 in it and it has only ISA slots.  So I got in the store
> and they had no ISA modems available.  Now, I've been running an ISA
> modem on my box so I just picked up a PCI modem and figured I'd do a
> swap.  Sure.  After we left and were driving back home, (I live in
> Bullhead City around 100 miles away), I suddenly remembered that there
> were such things as jumperless, software configurable, plug and play
> only, Windows only, etc etc. modems.  I had her take it out of the box
> and, sure enough, that's what it was.  Now, not wanting mom to be
> without a computer, I went and swapped it anyways as a temporary
> measure.  Really, I just hope this doesn't get around work since I've
> already professed my opinion on winmodems to any and all who would
> listen.  In fact, I know where there is a good ISA modem at work right
> now........  But seriously, I look forward to joining in now and then
> when time permits.
> 
> By the way, I am running the Mandrake 7.0 distribution of Linux.  Just
> upgraded from 6.0.  When running X, I use Gnome.  I have the machine
> set up for IP Masquerading so it acts as a gateway for my home network
> for internet services.  And, it will again, as soon as I get rid of
> the "winmodem" early this week.
> 
> Take care,
> 
> Dave Cooper
> Bullhead City, AZ



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