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Win/linux Modem
Name: 344dan Date: August 26, 2004 at 08:20:48 Pacific OS: XP/RH9 CPU/Ram: Celeron/256
Comment:
Have a salvaged PC, dual booting XP/RH9, with a "Dell Data fax Modem RAS Async Adapter" that worked well with XP. After loading RH9, niether program could connect.
I dumped RH9, and with XP the Modem is fine.
Could you recommend a few good Modems for Dual boot systems Please.
Name: Deputy DooDah Date: August 26, 2004 at 14:23:04 Pacific
Reply:
US Robotics 5610B.
It works great with either. There are more of course. What you should look for is a hardware modem, not a winmodem. Winmodems use the windows operating system to perform the modem functions. Hardware modems use the components installed on them as the modem.
That said, a hardware modem is better for windows as well, because you won't bog down your system using your OS for something hardware should be doing.
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Response Number 2
Name: 344dan Date: August 26, 2004 at 23:35:38 Pacific
Reply:
Thank you Deputy DooDah for your lead and the clarification on modems. I do appreciate it.
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