[mythtv-users] which dial-up modem?

[Steve Adeff]

On Friday 21 October 2005 17:27, Scott Alfter wrote:
> Asher Schaffer wrote:
> > On 10/20/05, Chris Trown <ctrown at safe-mail.net> wrote:
> >>      There used to be a time(LONG time ago when I was taking care of
> >>dialup modem banks) that I pushed modems with Lucent chipsets.  These
> >>days, however, it just does'nt matter.  So long as it's not a winmodem
> >
> > Only internal PCI modems can be winmodems, as long as it is external
> > you are fine.
>
> There were ISA winmodems back in the day.  There are external modems that
> plug into a USB port (instead of RS-232) that are winmodems.  There are PC
> Card/CardBus winmodems.  Conversely, there are controller-based PCI modems
> that'll work just fine with Linux.
>
> Your generalization falls a bit short.
>
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I have a USRobotics Courier 56K external modem that I believe is in my parents 
garage. It's prbly the best analog phone line modem ever made. I used to 
routinely transfer at rates far above 56K even when people were saying it was 
impossible to even connect at 56K (as did a few of my friends who also had 
this modem), and this is using the correct bit/byte/Kb math conversions.

anyway, email me off-list if you want it.

Steve