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Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me

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From: Rick Fry
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:00
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Just as long as Linux doesn't do a factory reset, eh? I'd be very
hesitant to say that your suggestion would work. It's been my
experience in 8 years of tech support that WinModems make great door
stops. I felt the say way about Rockwell and their wonderous RPI
stuff.

On Fri, 23 Jul 1999 15:20:59 GMT, Mark Solomon
<symphony3.0@mailexcite.com> wrote:

>Do you have a dual boot system? I believe that some people have reported
>success if they can load Windows, shut down to DOS, and use the dosboot
>utility to slip into Linux. If you can do this, your modem won't
>"forget" the instructions in its driver.
>
>
>In article <3zvl3.29942$jl.24236779@newscontent-01.sprint.ca>,
>  "Clumsy" <sangohan@geocities.com> wrote:
>> 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: rickfry@lightspeed.net (Rick Fry)
Subject: Re: Winmodem - Please don't flame me
Date: 1999/08/08
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