[wellylug] PCI modems

Richard Hector rhector at paradise.net.nz
Mon Apr 19 13:01:33 NZST 2004


On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 11:25:32AM +1200, Jonathan Harker wrote:
> Jamie Dobbs wrote:
> >Can anyone advise where I can get a 'proper' hardware PCI modem that
> >will work with Mandrake? 
> 
> Dick Smith sell Intel chipset PCI 56K modems for quite cheap. I have one, 
> works well.

I think that's unlikely to be a 'proper' hardware modem as requested
though. It's probably a HaM - a Hardware Assisted Modem - that comes
with a binary module and an open source module to interface it to the
kernel. Still requires stuffing around when you upgrade the kernel.

Richard




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