[Gllug] newbie / modem

[Mike Brodbelt]

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 09:19, John Hearns wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, N London John wrote:

> c) The best and easist way to get running quickly is to use an external 
> modem on a serial (or USB) port.  Yet again, my favourite shop, Morgans 
> have
> cheap external modems. The brand is Tixi, cost 24 pounds.
> http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/bargains/detail.asp?ProductID=705
> Morgans also have 3Com PCMCIA modems in stock for laptop users, though
> I don't know if these have Linux drivers.

Just a small note of caution - external serial modems are safe - they're
real modems. External USB modems are sometimes Winmodems, and should be
checked out thoroughly before purchase.

One easy way to get useful info from a vendor is to tell them you need
the modem to be useable from DOS.

My experience of PCMCIA modems is that most of them are real modems.

Mike.


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