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Thread ID: 119874	2011-08-14 12:32:00	Processor For PC: MS-7181 (Socket 940)	Dragonov (16500)	Press F1

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1223159	2011-09-04 13:36:00	The US Robotics 56K USB Faxmodem USR5637-Fax / modem - external - USB -56 Kbps V.90, V92 (USR 805637) Does not seem to be available any more: www.pp.co.nz There is available, however a Netcomm Roadster AM5067 56K USB Modem - Fax / modem - external - USB 56 Kbps - V.90, V.92 (AM5067) (AM5067) Agent_24, would the "Roadster" be able to get Ubuntu (or some other variant of Linux) online? Both of the listed Modems are described as "USB" Modems (???). Broadband is WAY out of reach Agent_24, am only able to have Dial Up. Thank you very much indeed for your help, but never could have imagined that getting an operable Linux System could be this difficult! It is still a very interesting project though, and if Linux can ever be gotten online on this PC it will have been more than worth the "campaign" to try and have a Linux OS. Cheers Agent_24.	Dragonov (16500)
1223160	2011-09-04 15:20:00	Agent_24, have started a new "post" on NZ PC World Website: hope ya don't mind checking it out so we can continue to talk. As was mentioned earlier, there will be a lot of Kiwi's (both young, older, and also old) who will be encountering this same kind of problem trying to get Linux onto their (old) computers. On TradeMe, in the massive second-hand computer area (which is crammed with ancient JUNK!!! - people trying to peddle computers that are YEARS old for hundreds of bucks!!!) there are a lot of dudes (potential buyers) who are extremely anxious about the Operating Systems on them. Why they are so deeply concerned is because of the eye-watering expensiveness of Microsoft Operating Systems, and the sly way the "Great Philanthropist" William Gates gets his Indian Software Engineers/Architects to construct "his" Operating Systems: a lot of computers have only got "temporary" Microsoft Operating Systems on them. It is WAY past time, Agent_24, that we got rid of William Gates and threw open the door to the Glorious Linus Torvalds!!! We ALL need Linux, but there are no doubt a lot of Kiwi's who are stuck with Dial-Up who are unable to install Linux because of their Modems. This is why our "talk" Agent_24 is very liable to be very helpful to a lot more people than just me. Thank You Agent_24. pressf1.co.nz	Dragonov (16500)
1223161	2011-09-05 05:24:00	Unfortunately the page for the Netcomm Roadster AM5067 lists nothing about Linux compatibility, and I haven't found anything cheerful anywhere else either. Perhaps a second-hand USRobotics USR5637 could be found on Trademe or eBay etc?	Agent_24 (57)
1223162	2011-09-06 04:13:00	Good to hear from you Agent_24, and thank you for writing. Agent_24, will see if the USRobotics USR5637 can be obtained on TradeMe or ebay. If one cannot be obtained, it looks as though I will have to learn how to manually install a Driver(?). Thanks again, Agent_24.	Dragonov (16500)
1223163	2011-09-06 04:27:00	Looks like one here: www.ebay.com but with shipping it's quite expensive. You should be able to ask them for some cheaper\slower shipping though. There are cheaper ones www.ebay.com but they don't list shipping for NZ. However as above you could probably ask for it.	Agent_24 (57)
1223164	2011-09-06 22:29:00	Hullo Agent_24: Many thanks for your latest Post. Agent_24 very much appreciate your looking for Modems for me; but have got a problem with PayPal - during one of my numerous computer crashes before a USB Drive was obtained, I lost my PayPal Access details (pasword, etc). Had only ever used Paypal once, and have only tried to use PayPal again about a month ago, but could not get into the account. Contacted them (they don't make it easy!) but they said they cannot give me the account details without definite proof that I am me! Needed to get the receipt from the place where the dough was sent to through them a long, long time ago. Had a different ISP then, and it has been a hell of a rigamarole trying to get that receipt. Miraculously though, my old ISP (KiwiOnline) said they still had all my old emails on their Server and that they would let me download all the emails! They are a very nice outfit (changed to Woosh as wanted a Kiwi Lines Company instead of Telecom, and Woosh provides you with a free dial-up account for signing up with them for a Line) although one thing that was a bit annoying is after four hours online you get cut-off and have to log-on again. With Woosh you never get interrupted by them. Have not yet got around to contacting PayPal again, but try and do so soon. Am pretty crook at the moment and am spending most of the time immobilsed in bed! Cheers Agent_24, thank you very much again for your kindness. (By the way, Agent_24, had a search on Trademe, and there are HEAPS of External Dial-Up Modems, and did'nt get very far in the search; however did not see the Modem you specify so when (or if!) am better again, will have a much longer "trawl" there, as there just MIGHT be the right one floating around somewhere there, but it will take a long time looking through the entries - most just say "External Dial-Up Modem" and you have to go into the actual "auction page" to see what kind of Modem it is.	Dragonov (16500)
1223165	2011-09-07 00:11:00	Yeah I saw the cheap USB ones on Trademe too. Half of them didn't say anything about Linux and the rest said they would work in Linux if you installed the right Conexant driver, but which exact driver you need and how easy that is to do I don't know. I would at least hope that they use an open-source and free driver rather than the paid-for one from that other site I mentioned previously. I guess at the price you could get one and just see what happens, but it would be more of an experiment than anything else, I think. There would be other modems other than the USRobotics USR5637 that work easily in Linux, I just don't know what they are (but should be able to find out) though it doesn't look like there are much on Trademe except for the brand-new el-cheapo ones. You'd probably have to go to eBay again. I did find an old external serial modem here, and tried it on my Ubuntu, but while the dialer could open the serial port, the modem didn't respond and no lights flashed etc. Not sure if that was the modem itself or Ubuntu stuffing up the serial port access. I'll have to look into that, as an external serial modem would be a pretty cheap option, if it works.	Agent_24 (57)
1223166	2011-09-07 05:30:00	Hi Agent_24, Appreciate your reply: asked that outfit on Trademe advertising the "Conexant" Modem if they could supply an actual Linux Modem,but they said you have to get a Linux Driver yourself. Tried doing this and had a rotten time: these websites are far too complicated for someone like me. Nothing on my PC could open the file that was downloaded, so had to find a progamme that could open it, on the Web, But nothing worked. Have tried getting a Linux Driver before, but the same thing happened. Have sent the receipt (that was obtained from KiwiOnline) to PayPal, so hopefully this will lead to the account problem being sorted out. Thank you very much Agent_24 for checking out that Serial External Modem you have got: heck it would be great if that one could be made to work with Linux! Cheers Agent_24. Much appreciate all your help.	Dragonov (16500)
1223167	2011-09-07 06:11:00	P.S. Agent_24, will google "External Dial Up Linux Modem" and see what happens: if the PayPal account can be gotten going again, then can buy one on e-Bay, but they might also have some of the Linux Modems that you mention and maybe something will be less expensive than the USRobotics USR5637. About those Linux Drivers on the Web - yeah there are Open-Source free ones, but for me, everything else on those websites might as well be written in Cuneiform! Here are the google searches results for Linux Drivers, plus a website from these searches where I tried to download Drivers from: www.google.co.nz loads&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&source=hp&channel=np www.google.co.nz www.linuxant.com All the very best, Agent_24, and thank you very much again.	Dragonov (16500)
1223168	2011-09-07 08:38:00	P.P.S: Agent_24 was looking at some of your earlier Posts, and at one stage you put a URL for a New Zealand outfit that has for sale a USB Linux-ready External Modem (they are Paradigm PC's, and the Modem they have is: USRobotics 56K USB Faxmodem USR5637 - Fax / Modem - external - USB -56Kbps -V.90, V.92). Agent_24 are you recommending this Modem in spite of it being USB? Wouldn't it be badly compromised in it's performance by the antiquated USB system that my PC has got? It would mean that Ubuntu 11.04 (it goes fine on the machine) would have to connect to the Web through the USB system wouldn't it? The Modem is $148.00 so that's a fair bit as you said. I must be driving you nuts Agent_24, and apologies for seeming not to pay proper attention to what you have written sometimes, but what actually has been going on is getting hopelessly overwhelmed by the complexity and difficulty of it all. All the best Agent_24.	Dragonov (16500)
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