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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"The questions is not if we are paranoid,
the question is if we are paranoid enough."
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