Re: Modem Purchase

[Peter Johansson <peter@REMOVEME.ps.baltimore.md.us>]

James W. Sandoz writes:

> Well, I've got to bite the bullet and buy a modem for my Linux partition.
> (I'm tired of booting into Windows whenever I want to check my email).
> I'm told that an External Modem is the way to go.  Any suggestions for a
> 56K without bells and whistles, preferably around $50?

Are you certain that your internal modem is not Linux compatable; that
is to say, are you certain that your internal modem is a "WinModem?"
If your modem is more than a year old, then there is a good chance
that it is not a winmodem and can used just fine under Linux.

But if you are sure that you have a WinModem, then yeah, you will need
another one for Linux.  In this case, an external modem is definitely
the way to go.  My experience is that there is very little real-world
difference between 33.6k and 56k modems so you may do quite well
picking up a used 33.6 external. 

-p.