Winmodems

[Doogee]

Hi. My mate is having trouble with a Diamond SupraExpress 56i Pro. It common knowledge that this is a winmodem but i was wondering if anyone know of a "linmodem" driver for it because he is now forced to use Windows and as u should all know, that is a BAD thing.

[voidmain]

It is one of the modems in this list:
http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/pci_list.html

But I don't know if that means you will be able to get it to work. Look around that site and see what you can come up with. I make sure I don't buy Winmodems.

[ September 06, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

[Doogee]

Ya, i use ADSL myself and the modem telstra gives u is totally linux supported so ive got no probs but my mate would use linux if he could get his modem to work...

[voidmain]

I've got cable with an *external* cable modem so compatibility is a non issue.  Just like I used to use external modems which also made compatibility a non-issue.

[mobrien_12]

Open the computer and look at the modem board.  Look for the names on the chipset.  Rockwell, Connexant (spelling?) and Lucent are good signs.

[Sleeping Dog]

Win modems are great lightning and surge protectors.  When the bolt hits, all of their little resistors blow apart like firecrackers.  If you are really lucky, it won't fry your motherboard too.

Sleeping Dog

[foobar]

quote:Originally posted by Sleeping Dog:
Win modems are great lightning and surge protectors.  When the bolt hits, all of their little resistors blow apart like firecrackers.  If you are really lucky, it won't fry your motherboard too.

Sleeping Dog

- But don't you have to put that 'winmodem' somewhere on the beginning of your mainboard, so that the hazardous current will firstly blow it ?

I think it'd kill your pc's power supply anyway ....

[TheQuirk]

I've had my modem fry because my phone line at my old house would sometimes "shock" it.