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Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me

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From: -~=Mark=~-
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 1999 00:00
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windows SUCKS! Why not just get a plain old Modem and hook it up to your
Linux box and you're on your way? They're not too hard to find and
relitively cheap these days.

Kndkwn wrote:
> 
> There is NO emulator as far as I know, but I have heard of a way around it,
> which is to startup win9x, so the modem gets configured to COMx, restart in
> dos mode, and run loadlin to start your linux. I personally have not tried
> it but I heard that it works.
> goodluck,
> kon
> 
> Clumsy <sangohan@geocities.com> wrote in message
> news:3zvl3.29942$jl.24236779@newscontent-01.sprint.ca...
> > 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
> > clumsy_007@hotmail.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From: -~=Mark=~- <mdw1982@epix.net>
Subject: Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me
Date: 1999/07/31
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