Re: PCI Modem

Mike A. Harris (mharris@ican.net)
Tue, 17 Nov 1998 12:49:03 -0500 (EST)

On Mon, 16 Nov 1998 sjw44@eng.cam.ac.uk wrote:

>Does anyone know if PCI modems, in particular the Aztech MDP 3858 SP-E
>modem can be made to work under Linux? I would assume that the interface
>would be similar to a serial port, so might it just be a matter of
>pokeing the correct parameters at the serial driver or writing a few lines
>of code, or perhaps it not as simple as that ?
>
>Any thoughts on the matter are welcome,

I just did a *LOT* of research on PCI modems, because someone
gave me one. The conclusion of my 4 days of research was that
*ALL* PCI modems are softmodems/winmodems and are 100%
incompatible with Linux. It is not impossible for someone to
make a real modem that is PCI based, but as of yet no one has
done so, at least not that I have found.

If you're not convinced yet...

http://www.56k.com

or it might be http://www.56k.org

--
Mike A. Harris  -  Computer Consultant  -  Linux advocate


Linux software galore:  http://freshmeat.net




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