Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work?

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From: David Byrd
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 22:01

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In article <310C7B0D.4DEC85F1@mustang.uwo.ca>, Damian Trybus <dtrybus@mustang.uwo.ca> writes:
|> Paul S Secinaro wrote:
|> > 
|> > I will probably be buying a US Robotics Sportster 28.8 internal modem
|> > soon (found it on sale for $150 and got a rain check), and I'm
|> > wondering if anyone has had any problems with this device under Linux?
|> > I ask because USR now advertises that this modem has Plug 'n Play
|> > capability, and I've heard that Linux has problems with some PnP
|> > devices like network cards.  My gut feeling is that it's probably not
|> > a big deal, but has anyone actually used one of the newer USR's with
|> > Linux?
|> 
It can be PnP or not:  pull all the jumpers off and it's Pnp.  Put them
on and it's jumper configurable.  Works great!

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Subject: Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work?
Date: 31 Jan 1996 22:01:51 GMT
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