[Sussex] [Fwd: Re: Sussex sub Joihn Gregory<john at john-gregory.uklinux.net>]

[Mike Diack]

1) What does the winmodem identify itself as - there are several types of
winmodem (it's a generic term), made by several manufacturers?
2) Mandrake 9.2 also provides very good WinModem support - is it worth
trying that?
Mike

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John,

I took the liberty of forwarding this to list as I think this is what
you intended rather than replying to my home address - apologies if that
is not the case.

-----Forwarded Message-----
> Dear Geoff
>
> Thanks for your welcome.
>
> Although I have been involved with computers at work since 1978 when we
> used teletypes, punched paper tape and a line printer, it is only in the
> last 3 months that I have started to use Linux (SUSE 9.0) with KDE.
>
> I am a semi retired agricultural engineer specialising in land drainage,
> water supplies, irrigation and farm waste disposal.  I took early
> retirement from ADAS (then a govt service and part of MAFF) 9 years ago
> and set up my own consultancy business.  I retired for the second time 3
> years ago and 6 months later was offered a 3 year contract running a
> research project near Horsham  -- so I am still working one or two days
> a week.  It was this job which  provided the impetus to try Linux.
>
> The whole project involves 2 universities, 2 research organisations and
> it's day to day management is the responsibility of my old company
> ADAS.  Up till then I had used Win 98 and Lotus Smartsuite.  I had to
> change to MS Office which caused me endless problems including a very
> near miss with a virus which hit most of the other participants.  That
> was when I changed to Linux and Open Office.  As soon as I have mastered
> converting Office macros then Office 95 will go.
>
> I am having some problems with Linux.  I only have a laptop and I find
> connecting to my Linux ISP difficult. I am struggling with a PCMCIA card
> modem and, more often than not, I cannot log on to the network.  At the
> moment, dare I say it, as a matter of expediency I log on from W******.
> If anyone has any tips they would be very gratefully received.  The
> built in modem is a winmodem and although identified by Yast refuses to
> work at all.  Interestingly my PS2 mouse works better with Linux than
WinXP
>
> At present I am busy converting my old Salford Fortran77 field
> engineering programs from a version run from dumb terminals on a Prime
> system to run on my laptop.
>
> I look forward to meeting you at one of the Horsham meetings.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
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Geoff Teale
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