[Herefordshire] external Serial modem

[John Hedges]

> Sue & Michael Ranyard wrote:
> 
> >I gathered from several meetings ago that, because Mandrake Linux will 
> >not  recognise my internal modem, I needed to get an external serial 
> >modem.   Having finally got my old one back from my daughter, this 
> >does not work  either.  I have tried looking for one in various 
> >computer shops and on the  web, but I can't find one which matches the 
> >list of compatible modems on  the Mandrake Hardware site.
> >
On Fri, Mar 11, 2005 at 11:23:43AM +0000, Matt Rhys-Roberts wrote:
> Don't know if they're made any more, but my external Arowana 56k voice 
> fax modem works seamlessly with Mandrake 10.1 . I don't think it needs 
> any special drivers; seems to be treated as a generic device.

Any serial modem should do because, as Matt says, they rely on standard
serial drivers.  Internal or USB modems are more likely to need
specialised drivers but for a modem, the relatively slow speed of the
serial port isn't a problem - assuming you have a free serial port.

Cheers

John