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

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From: Mark Hamstra
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 19:54

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Paul S Secinaro wrote:
> 
> buddyt@earthlink.net (George S. Thompson) writes:
> 
> >Hey Paul
> 
> >       I use a the U.S. Robotics (Sportster) 28800 and I run it under Linux
> >and Windows 95 with no problem.  It fits all my needs.  Before I
> >bought it I did some reading about it and found everything to be true.
> >I recommend it.
> 
> Just to follow up my own post - I finally did get the Sportster PnP,
> and yes, it does work fine.  It turns out that it only goes into PnP
> mode if you pull out all the IRQ and COM port select jumpers.  If you
> use the jumpers, the modem will be hardwired to those settings, just
> as you would expect from a non-PnP Sportster.
> Works fine in PnP mode, too.  Just initialize it under W95 first, then Linux 
can use whatever settings W95 chose.

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From: Mark Hamstra <mhamstra@wolfenet.com>
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Subject: Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work?
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 11:54:05 -0800
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