||| ROUGH GUIDE for Linux ||||||||| http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/rg/ ||| ||| usual disclaimers apply -- everyone makes mistakes ||| 2002-01-28 ||| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life is rough enough without having to shop for modems at.... 8""""8 8""""8 REVIEW OF 8 " e eeeee eeee e e e eeeee 8 " e eeeee e e AVAILABLE 8e 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8e 8 8 8 8 HARDWARE AT 88 8e 8eee8e 8e 8e 8 8e 8e 88 8e 8e 8eeee8 A PARTICULAR 88 e 88 88 8 88 88 8 88 88 88 e 88 88 88 STORE ON A 88eee8 88 88 8 88e8 88ee8 88 88 88eee8 88 88 88 (R) PARTICULAR DAY-YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY CIRCUIT CITY is first and foremost an appliance store. Is that a fair statement? Look around the showroom and you'll see a lot of salespersons available to explain the latest gizmos on their TV sets, washing machines, and DVD players (all the DIVX players are gone, right?) They also sell computers, which means they also sell modems. But I daresay you would have a hard time getting an appliance salesperson to pick a modem for Linux. This is not a knock on C.C. Just an observation. Despite the sales staff to customer ratio approximating 1:1 on the day of my visit, I was not approached in the modem section. Good idea :) ----WINMODEMS TO AVOID FOR SURE: DIAMOND SUPRA MAX PCI MODEL SM56IPC-XL1 -- $ 39.99 ACTIONTEC PCI PRO MODEL PCI56019-01 -- $ 39.99 ACTIONTEC PCI LITE MODEL PCI56069-10 -- $ 29.99 HIVAL MODEL H56IP-00R -- $ 24.99 US ROBOTICS MODEL 3CP5699A -- $ 39.99 US ROBOTICS MODEL USR5695 -- $ 99.99 US ROBOTICS PCMCIA MODEL 3CP3056 -- $ 99.99 CREATIVE MODEL DI5633 -- $ 39.99 ----ISA MODEMS tested and "OK" for Linux: ACTIONTEC MODEL DT56010-01 -- $ 69.99 ----PCI MODEMS tested and "OK" for Linux: US ROBOTICS MODEL 3CP5610A -- $ 89.99 ----Modems probably "OK" for Linux, but no confirmation: VIKING ISA (PnP only) MODEL RFM56KISPB -- $ 59.99 US ROBOTICS RS-232 MODEL USR5686D -- $ 99.99 CREATIVE RS-232 MODEL DE5621 -- $ 69.99 .-""-. .-""-. C.C. has much of the same stock / ,.`. ____ .' _ \ from when I was here two years ago. \ / \ `" "' ,' \ / So if you are looking for V.92 `-' Y Y `-' modems, look somewhere else. | _ _ | | (O)(O) | / __ \ | /# \ | | \__/ | \ / `.____.' --" "-- hjw