Re: Can a US Robotics USB Softmodem be made to work on Linux?

From	JPlews <jw@plews.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Can a US Robotics USB Softmodem be made to work on Linux?
Date	2017-06-23 19:20 +0200
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On 15/06/17 21:46, Jason wrote:
> I have a U.S. Robotics USR5639 USB modem. I am wondering how hard it
> is to get it to work with Linux. Using Mint 18.1.
> 
> The modem does not show up at all in /dev when plugged in but here
> is what 'lsusb' says:
> Bus 001 Device 006: ID 047e:2892 Agere Systems, Inc. (Lucent) Systems Soft Modem
> 
> Is it practical to try to make this work or should I just get a 'real'
> modem?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jason
> 

Takes me back to Etch days, don't remember martian drivers ever managing 
a call, I miss BeWan PCI ADSL modems too, similar issues.

+ to just getting a serial modem, but you could try a Windows VM.

Regards

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Can a US Robotics USB Softmodem be made to work on Linux? Jason <electron@emypeople.net> - 2017-06-15 23:10 +0200
  Re: Can a US Robotics USB Softmodem be made to work on Linux? Fungi4All <fungilife@protonmail.com> - 2017-06-15 23:40 +0200
  Re: Can a US Robotics USB Softmodem be made to work on Linux? Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-06-16 01:00 +0200
  Re: Can a US Robotics USB Softmodem be made to work on Linux? JPlews <jw@plews.org.uk> - 2017-06-23 19:20 +0200

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