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- From: byrd@dot.dot.dot (David Byrd)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work?
- Date: 31 Jan 1996 22:01:51 GMT
- Organization: Wolfe Internet Access, L.L.C.
- Message-ID: <4eoosf$3cl@news1.wolfe.net>
- References: <4ejbbt$sah@mozz.unh.edu> <310C7B0D.4DEC85F1@mustang.uwo.ca>
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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!
-