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- From: buddyt@earthlink.net (George S. Thompson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster PnP + Linux: Does it work?
- Date: Fri, 16 Feb 1996 02:54:37 GMT
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- 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.
-
- George
- Damian Trybus <dtrybus@mustang.uwo.ca> wrote:
-
- >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?
-
- >I am using a PnP Supra Express 28.8 with no problems under Linux.
- >Win 95 configured the modem to be on com3 and use IRQ10. Since it is
- >not the standard setup under Linux I had to play with the setserial
- >commnad and now everything is running fine.
-
- >Good Luck
-
- >Damian
-
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