[ale] Winmodem useless or usable?

[esoteric at denali.atlnet.com (Wandered Inn)]

Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> 
>   I just got a new laptop.  I was just told it's built in modem is a
> winmodem.  Can I just count that out or can I actually use it?  Anyone
> got any docs, etc?  I've heard winmodems are bad news in Linux.

As I understand it, it's useless to Linux.  I have yet to hear of anyone
getting a winmodem to work under Linux.  Let's face it, the things ought
to be called Micrsoftmodems...

> 
> Robert
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Robert L. Harris                |    Windows is to Unix
> Senior System Administrator II  |      what 'hooked on phonics'
>   at Great West Life.           \_       is to Shakespeare
> 
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> 
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> 
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'

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Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com

You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????