On Wednesday 20 December 2006 20:51, fredex wrote: > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 12:41:40PM +0000, James Wilkinson wrote: > > fredex wrote (about modems): > > > both external AND serial, NOT USB. > > > > Um. The USB standards people seem to have provided standardised > > interfaces for a lot of things, including external drives and modems. > > Not all USB modems bother to implement the CDC ACM standard, but some > > do. I understand that those that do implement this standard should work > > under Fedora. > > > > If you have the kernel-doc package installed, read > > /usr/share/doc/kernel-doc-2.6.18/Documentation/usb/acm.txt . It says > > "Check for ACM compliance before buying." > > > > Come to that, when I plugged my old (Motorola) mobile phone in, Fedora > > automatically created a ttyAMC0 device node for it. > > > > Having said all that, the last modem I used regularly was a 56K ISA > > internal one which wasn't even plug'n'play. It was ideal for Linux. So I > > can't recommend USB CDC ACM modems based on personal experience. > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > James. > > James: > > Thanks for the clarification. > > The reaosn I suggested SERIAL and not USB is because I know that some > USB modems work, some don't, and I personally have/had no idea how > to tell without first buying it. So, to avoid giving the OP a bum > steer I suggested what should be foolproof (assuming you can find a > serial modem in the stores these days). > > Fred Fred: The big office supply chains (Staples, Office Depot and similar) still sell honext-to-goodness real 56K serial modems -- usually Zoom. I suspect that they are sold to low traffic SOHO market for FAX and answering machine service. Back in my DOS days, I used a PCTools program that served as a phone directory, dialer and call logger. Very convenient. Hmmm... -- cmg
