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Author:  lcp676 [ Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Linux Compatible Modem
I need a linux compatible Modem.

Apparently, the two modems I have are WinModems (one a LT
WinModem, other not sure). Please correct me if I am wrong, but WinModems will not work with Linux/KnoppMyth.

Can someone please tell me what Modem will work with too much trouble?
I would prefer a internal PCI Modem, but from what I read, an external modem is much easier to get working. The cheaper the better!

Any information on would be appreciated.
I have searched and read a lot of posting on this website.

Thanks
Author:  Xsecrets [ Mon Sep 05, 2005 8:20 pm ]
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there are some lt winmodem drivers out there for linux, though I haven't tried to use them or even seen anything about them in a long time, as I see very few people using modems anymore.
Author:  mjl [ Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:33 pm ]
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Hi,

I'll bet with a little begging and grovelling you can get an external modem for free or at least all most :) I just picked up an external 33K for $5 a few days ago. Suggest asking around, maybe check with a few friends.

Mike
Author:  tjc [ Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:18 pm ]
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BTW - I always recommend external modems anyway.

When I lived in Maryland I had two get hit and killed by lightening coming in on the phone lines without doing any obvious damage to the computer itself. The second time the modem was even behind a phone line surge surpressor. I also replaced several surge suppressors that gave their all to protect the hardware... Say about 1 every two years...

What else can you expect in a place where any tree over 50 feet tall has a dead top from being struck by lightening repeatedly... ;-) I even had a buddy down there who got struck through an open window while he was working at his computer... He got off easy, the computer cooked and he didn't. :shock:
Author:  mjl [ Wed Sep 07, 2005 10:30 pm ]
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Hi tjc,
:lol: Been there done that. Pax River in the 70's. First program I actually wrote using punch cards and had a modified IBM Selectric as a terminal.
Thanks for the flash back.
Mike
Author:  MrFahrenheit [ Thu Sep 08, 2005 9:03 am ]
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mjl wrote:
Hi,

I'll bet with a little begging and grovelling you can get an external modem for free or at least all most :) I just picked up an external 33K for $5 a few days ago. Suggest asking around, maybe check with a few friends.

Mike


I second that idea of getting one free. I've given away a couple 56ks in the past and threw out the ones that I couldn't give away.
Author:  tjc [ Thu Sep 08, 2005 8:50 pm ]
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mjl wrote:
Hi tjc,
:lol: Been there done that. Pax River in the 70's. First program I actually wrote using punch cards and had a modified IBM Selectric as a terminal.
Thanks for the flash back.
Mike

Wow, you must either be even older than I am, or a former military brat, or both. ;-)

How about the identical weather forecasts for every day from late May through early September "50% chance of afternoon thunderstorms". ;-)

How about the way any night between the first thaw and the first killing frost sounded like the sound track for a bad jungle movie. With crickets, frogs, cicadias, birds, ... and who knows what all else, making so much noise it could be hard to make yourself heard over it. :?

How if the weather forecast contained a 20% chance for a 1/4" of snow the grocery stores would be stripped of bread, milk and toilet paper, and every driver in the state utterly lost their minds... We're not talking about when it actually snowed, just when it was forecast within 24-48 hours. (As one weather forecaster put it, "There's a chance we'll get a trace of snow tomorrow evening, so why not save time and abandon your car now.) :roll:
Author:  mjl [ Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:24 pm ]
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Hi tjc,
It was an interesting tour to say the least, best part was as crew on the P3's. Key West had much bigger bugs though, about the size of a sparrow. Would knock the lamps out of street lights! Ya, I am over 21. Having originated in Minnesota, the MD "snow storms" always got to me.

Wonder how lcp676 made out with the modem? I have a RadioShack 300 baud for the Color Computer, manual answer :) Available for postage only.

Have a great day!
Mike
Author:  cesman [ Fri Sep 09, 2005 8:52 pm ]
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:) That is probably the same modem I had...
Author:  mjl [ Fri Sep 09, 2005 9:03 pm ]
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Hi cesman,

Have you heard of the Stearman dos for the coco? (I'm testing now) :)

Mike
Author:  cesman [ Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:01 pm ]
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No, I have not. My old CoCo is at home in Chicago.
Author:  mjl [ Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:54 pm ]
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Hi cesman,

That is ok as it was toward the end of the coco era. However, I still like my Stearman dos :) It was a series of patches that made it a bunch more friendly. Autoboot from 40 track double sided 5 1/4 floppies, parallel printer, serial at 115.2 and I modified mine even more to include speech. (SSI263 Would not sing Daisy)

Fond memories but I like my KnoppMyth better! Absolutely great but only a couple of little things left that I would like to make work.
Cups for a network printer
New Music Scan (from a script)
Frontend auto restart, WAF ya know (worry about errors later)

Currently have added to menus:
Mozilla (not firefox)
Mozilla-Thunderbird
Saytime
Optical Eject
Line Record (R)
and behind the scenes
lpr
talk
ftp
JRE
some web stream captures (I enjoy Garrison Keillor stories)

On reboot / halt (not often) it does a backup (never forgets)
Anyway, just some of the high lights. I just hope you and Dale enjoy developing this as much as I do trying to understand all the power it offers!

Have a great day.
Mike
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