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Re: About those winmodem ...

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From: Stewart Hector
Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 00:00
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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 ...

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Stewart
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And the hands on the bars, the eyes full of tears
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Simple answer: No.
<p>if you look in the WINE&nbsp;documentation, it says, WINE&nbsp;will
not allow you to use winmodems.
<p>Be easier to find a proper modem that will run under linux.&nbsp; 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"&nbsp;and
"needs pentuin 200+" , then its probably a winmodem.
<p>BK wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Say I'm na&iuml;ve, but still...&nbsp;&nbsp; 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>

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The last time I cried, I could see the people
Long ago in the rain
Waiting as the soldiers put them all on a&nbsp; 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...
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CdeB - The Last Time I Cried
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Date: 1999/08/25
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