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Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me

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From: Brian
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 00:00
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It usually is a smaller card, about half size of a normal modem, and
also just refuses to work under Linux :-)

-- Brian

blah wrote:
> 
> Just out of curiosity, how do you determine if a modem is a Winmodem
> or not?
> Thanks,
> Jay
> 
> On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:09:30 GMT, montep@hal-pc.org (Monte Phillips)
> wrote:
> 
> >There are only 2 methods by which you can utilize a winmodem with
> >linux
> >1. if linux is client on the network and winsdows is using a proxy
> >such as Sysgate or Wingate or some such.
> >2. You can do so while in VMWare by using Winx in a terminal window
> >while in the virtual operating system.  That is of course little
> >better than running windows direct.
> >
> >THERE IS NO AVAILABLE emulator to run winmodems.
> >
> >>>     "Clumsy" <sangohan@geocities.com> writes:
> >>> Hi There,
> >>> I know WinModem aren't suppose to work in Linux, but I heard that with
> >>> Redhat Linux 6.0 you can make one work with an Emulator of some sort... if
> >>> anyone know something about that or any name that could make me on a path,
> >>> please Email me! Thanks Alot
> >>>
> >>> Clumsy
> >

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Subject: Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me
Date: 1999/08/20
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