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| 80321 | 2002-09-17 08:29:00 | Anyone know where I can get a Pci hardware modem???. Must NOT be a winmodem and must work with Linux. Thanks |
rmcb (164) | ||
| 80322 | 2002-09-17 08:40:00 | Someone commented on this forum a while back that while they seemed to be available in the US, they were not available here. There may be difficulties using a US one here as well. I note some PCI modems are touted as "hardware" but are actually hybrid, with some hardware and some host computer functions. Apparently these are not much different to soft modems, and I wonder if the US ones are simply this type? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 80323 | 2002-09-17 08:46:00 | Yeah I had one to try today it is a Puretek pt-3511, told it was a hardware modem but Win me set it up as a modem enumerator and Linux would not work at all with it. Slowed down windows a lot too. Why can't they just make a proper one like my good old Dynalink isa??? |
rmcb (164) | ||
| 80324 | 2002-09-17 08:54:00 | Often wondered that too . I wonder if there is a physical limitation of the PCI bus that stops it? Given the problems that softmodems can cause, a market would await a PCI hardware unit . I had to toss 2 away and go external hardware . Another issue is USB, as many people thing they are hardware, but same story it appears, USB functions must require a soft modem . Is there a physical limitation to using external RS232 in your linux application? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 80325 | 2002-09-17 08:58:00 | Well no I guess not but they are more expensive and i'm still using a printer on my paralle port and i think that is where external modems plug in is it not??l | rmcb (164) | ||
| 80326 | 2002-09-17 09:04:00 | No, external serial modems plug in on the RS232 port. Some machines have 2, and older units often connected the mouse there. (not the little round PS2 connectors, but the DB9, 9 pin plugs). If you could get a PCI hardware one, I guess it would cost just as much by the time you landed it. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 80327 | 2002-09-17 09:17:00 | Rs232? does that look like a non ps2 mouse connector or a slightly bigger version of the monitor connector? | rmcb (164) | ||
| 80328 | 2002-09-17 10:37:00 | A non-PS2 mouse connector. 9 pins, and you can see the pins on the PC plug, unlike the other sockets on the PC. The "slightly bigger version of the monitor connector" is probably the games (joystick) port. Its about the same size as the monitor connector, but less pins. I think you will find its the ONLY one with pins (male) there? |
godfather (25) | ||
| 80329 | 2002-09-17 21:12:00 | Even though a Google search still throws up USR/3Com PCI hardware modems, and some were listed on the American USR site only a few months ago, they are no longer there. In fact the range of US Robotics 56k modems is very greatly reduced even from just a year ago. There is one on the US site that is a half-hardware, ie it has a controller, and is for Linux/Windows. Other USR sites only list one internal win modem. Other names thrown up by Google include Multitech MT5634ZPX-PCI, a horrifying US$119, claimed to be a hardware PCI modem, but the site didnt mention DOS as an OS, so Id be suspicious. Another make is Zoom 2920. If you type those model numbers into Google you'll get to the sites. Im sure the best way to go is via an external modem if possible. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 80330 | 2002-09-17 22:34:00 | I haven't seen one for a long time. Some places are touting HaM modems as Hardware modems, but they're completely the opposite. I have a controllerless winmodem (HCF Conexant) but it works VERY well under Linux, after I downloaded the Linux specific drivers for it. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
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