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Re: [LUG] 0870 numbers ...

 

On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:42:17 +0100
kevin <kevin.lucas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello kevin,

> What hardware do you need for an Astrix box?  I have had very little
> luck with modems in Linux.

Modems work out of the box with Linux.  What doesn't work easily is what
are euphemistically called Winmodems.  These are, essentially, a sound
card with a telephone jack stuck on the end.  They rely on the processor
to do all the [en|de]coding work.  As such, they _require_ drivers to
operate.  Drivers which are, more often than not, closed source and not
available in Linux.

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