Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:45:50 +0100 (GMT) | | From | Riley Williams <> | | Subject | Re: driver for 3COM USR PCI v.90 modem? |
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Hi Tigran.
> My wife went and bought a 3COM USR PCI V90 modem challenging me > to show that Linux supports it as good as ms* or, if otherwise, > write a driver for it myself :)
I may be wrong here, but I believe that modem falls into the category generally referred to as "WinModems". A quick check would be to look for a "Minimum System Specification" on the box, as a non-winmodem shouldn't need one but a WinModem inevitably does.
> Therefore, the question is - is it supported and where is the > driver? If not, is someone writing a driver right now so that > perhaps I can help by testing it and accelerate the process?
No idea, but I doubt it.
> If not, can some kind soul point to the relevant specs in case I > do have enough time and courage to undertake writing a driver > (at home!)?
The usual complaint against WinModems is that the manufacturers will NOT release the specs to the Linux community, with the result that any driver development has to start by reverse engineering the product to find out how it works...
> I did altavista for it and found nothing (except adverts about > how good it works under "other" OS).
Sounds about right...
Best wishes from Riley.
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