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Article #3064Re: About those winmodem ...
From: Stewart Hector
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
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--------------0889F1113DBFD834E334DDF2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Simple answer: No. if you look in the WINE documentation, it says, WINE will not allow you to use winmodems. Be easier to find a proper modem that will run under linux. All external modems will work under linux. Internal non winmodems Modems are getting harder to find, but they are still out there.... Look at the requirements, if it says something like "windows 9x, NT4" and "needs pentuin 200+" , then its probably a winmodem. BK wrote: > Say I'm naοΏ½ve, but still... I Wonder if its possible to use winmodems and > its drivers, as a matter of a fact, by Using WINE or some other win > emulation program ??? > > I guess its sounds kind of a newbie Q, but eh ? A guy can try ... -- Stewart ICQ: 5308166 http://freespace.virgin.net/s.hector/index.htm ================================================= The last time I cried, I could see the people Long ago in the rain Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a train And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears And the word is the same, for a thousand years, Eli Eli Lama, Oh Lord, you have forsaken me... ------------------------------------------------- CdeB - The Last Time I Cried ================================================= --------------0889F1113DBFD834E334DDF2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Simple answer: No. <p>if you look in the WINE documentation, it says, WINE will not allow you to use winmodems. <p>Be easier to find a proper modem that will run under linux. All external modems will work under linux. <br>Internal non winmodems Modems are getting harder to find, but they are still out there.... <p>Look at the requirements, if it says something like "windows 9x, NT4" and "needs pentuin 200+" , then its probably a winmodem. <p>BK wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Say I'm naïve, but still... I Wonder if its possible to use winmodems and <br>its drivers, as a matter of a fact, by Using WINE or some other win <br>emulation program ??? <p>I guess its sounds kind of a newbie Q, but eh ? A guy can try ...</blockquote> <pre>-- Stewart ICQ: 5308166 <A HREF="http://freespace.virgin.net/s.hector/index.htm">http://freespace.virgin.net/s.hector/index.htm</A> ================================================= The last time I cried, I could see the people Long ago in the rain Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a train And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears And the word is the same, for a thousand years, Eli Eli Lama, Oh Lord, you have forsaken me... ------------------------------------------------- CdeB - The Last Time I Cried =================================================</pre> </html> --------------0889F1113DBFD834E334DDF2--
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 11033e,a6b03f9d14c6de2c X-Google-Attributes: gid11033e,public From: Stewart Hector <s.hector@virgin.net> Subject: Re: About those winmodem ... Date: 1999/08/25 Message-ID: <37C43C93.EC09913B@virgin.net> X-Deja-AN: 517101348 References: <lZCv3.10398$aX6.21434@news20.bellglobal.com> To: BK <buttkicker@sympatico.ca> X-Accept-Language: en Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------0889F1113DBFD834E334DDF2" Organization: NTL Internet News Service Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: ahn.tech.linux