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| From | "T. Dwyer" <es290@ncf.ca> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.os.linux.dial-up, comp.os.linux.hardware, comp.os.linux.network, comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.setup |
| Subject | Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? |
| Date | 2012-09-20 16:43 -0400 |
| Organization | National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Message-ID | <k3fv23$dbd$1@theodyn.ncf.ca> (permalink) |
| References | <8vWdnRkzp6h5i8fNnZ2dnUVZ_oSdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <k3d5n7$cg7$1@dont-email.me> <V72dnbaM4Zzcs8fNnZ2dnUVZ_tKdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <Pine.LNX.4.64.1209192210360.13504@darkstar.example.net> <l-udnbggPZvL5sbNnZ2dnUVZ_v2dnZ2d@earthlink.com> |
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Ant wrote: >>>>Sounds like a WinModem which is only usable on Linux with a Windows >>>>driver in special wrapper file. It depends for its operation ordinarily >>>>in Windows with offloading of processing to the CPU. i looked at the >>>>Linux Hardware guide and at listings for support where I found only >>>>Windows drivers. >>>> >>>> >>>Ah, that's probably why. I couldn't get it to work in Mac OS X 10.7.4 as >>>well. I guess I can't use it except in Windows then. Thanks. :( >>> >>> > > > >>On the other hand, because they were so cheap, they landed in a lot of >>computers. It's pretty common when I find a computer on the sidewalk >>waiting for the garbage truck for it to have such a modem. It's rare to >>see hardware modems, especially faster speed ones. >> >> > >Yeah, someone didn't want it and it wasn't even opened and still >shrinkwrapped (never used). So I took it for kicks to see. Now, I know >why he/she didn't want it beside being dial-up (still useful to me when >my cable Internet goes down). Haha. > > > > >>Given that, some of the software modems seemed easier to use with Linux, >>or rather, someone took the time to deal with it. I'm sure there's a list >>of software modems that are easy to use with Linux, find that list and >>then just look for a modem that fits. I suspect it can't take too many >>software modems to find one compatible. >> >> > > > >>The problem is that the software modems did start taking up the market >>towards the end of dial-up modems. People got cheap, the computers got >>fast enough, so the hardware modems were likely specifically bought. I >>think the fastest bus hardware modem I saw was 28.8K, and I had to give >>that one up when I moved to a computer that didn't have an ISA bus. I >>don't think I've seen any PCI hardware modems (I'm not saying they dont' >>exist, just pointing out that they became uncommon). External modems, >>they never dropped in price because there was nothing new to come along. >>So it took some time before I could move from my external 33.6K modem to >>56K, finally finding one at a garage sale at a price I was willing to pay, >>then oddly the next week finding another one at another sale. I suspect >>not only that fewer external (and hardware) modems were sold at 56K, but >>since nothing came along to replace them for dial-up, people must have >>kept them as backup. On the other hand, I bought for ten dollars a 56K >>external modem a couple of years ago, I wanted a spare, and then found one >>in a pile of garbage on moving day. >> >> > >I still have my old external serial USR Sportster 33.6k (only connects >at 28800-31200 speeds on crappy old copper landlines) dial-up modem at >home. It still works as of 1.75 years ago when I tested it. :) I was >hoping to find a cheap/free USB one since serial/COM types are pretty >much gone these days. > > The USROBOTIC'S is a Hardware USB modem which is seen in Linux as TTY/ACMO. T.D.
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Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-19 14:03 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2012-09-19 12:16 -0700
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-19 15:42 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-09-19 22:17 -0400
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Aragorn <stryder@telenet.be.invalid> - 2012-09-20 13:50 +0200
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-20 15:23 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? "T. Dwyer" <es290@ncf.ca> - 2012-09-20 16:43 -0400
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? J G Miller <miller@yoyo.ORG> - 2012-09-20 20:55 +0000
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-20 16:07 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2012-09-19 21:47 +0000
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-19 23:56 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-20 15:58 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-22 20:43 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-24 15:03 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? tb <nospam@example.invalid> - 2012-09-25 06:30 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-25 13:42 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-25 20:23 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-25 15:03 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-09-25 16:51 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-25 20:24 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-09-26 19:12 -0400
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-26 22:32 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-09-27 00:02 -0400
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? ANTant@zimage.com (Ant) - 2012-10-09 13:09 -0500
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2012-09-26 19:08 -0400
Re: Is Creative Modem Blaster V.92 USB (DE5671 Model) dial-up modem supported in Linux? Moe Trin <ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld.invalid> - 2012-09-26 22:31 -0500
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