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From: George Durbridge
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 00:00

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gail.ripco.com> <xohn2mf8t0h.fsf@mud.imperium.net> 
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Adriel Ickler (adriel@jlms.com) wrote:
: IMHO: Plug and play is evil, a work of the devil. it should be
: eliminated from the earth.
: 
 one of the most evil
: devices I have ever encountered: a USR WinModem (Ack) this device had
: absolutely NO jumpers of any kind, and the only way to use this device
: was in Win95 or Win 3.1

Some OS/2 users have been able to get such horrid devices to function by 
booting in DOS, configuring the device to known parameters and then 
warm-booting to OS/2.

-- 
/* George Durbridge, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia */
/* tel 61 (03) 9280 3390      fax 61 (03) 9280 3355 */
/* gdurb@melbourne.dialix.com.au                    */

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From: gdurb@melbourne.dialix.com.au (George Durbridge)
Subject: Re: Suggestions please - Office for Linux
Date: 1997/08/22
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