Re: [Plug] Linux compatible ISPs

[umweber@mcs.drexel.edu]

Those HSP micromodems don't even have true 16550 UARTS!

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Michelle Weber
umweber@mcs.drexel.edu


On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Kurt Telep wrote:

> Bill-
> 
> Yes Bill, you are correct, The modem in this box is a winmodem, and will not be
> compatible with Linux.
> It's a HSP Micromodem  which is standard in ALL emachines.
> 
> Kurt Telep
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> Bill Jonas wrote:
> 
> > Finally!  Something I can help with!  :)
> >
> > I'd like to introduce myself.  My name is Bill, and I'm new to this mailing
> > list and to the world of Linux.  Okay, so I *am* a Linux newbie, but this is
> > an issue near and dear to my heart, as I'm locked in for 3 years with M$N.
> > (It finally enabled me to get a PC of my own.)
> >
> > I was looking for the same thing myself, since as I said earlier, I'm
> > installing Linux on my PC, and I've got a 3 year contract with M$N.  ($400
> > works wonders with an emachines unit.)  Anyway, try out this URL:
> > http://www.mrgone.com/msn-linux/msn.html .  I found it while on a message
> > board on (of all places) MSN.  They've set one up for Linux.  What their
> > motivation is, I don't know.  (Probably wanting to keep tabs on the
> > competition.)  Anyway, the basic gist of this is that you actually dial in
> > to MSN using UUNET, so there are no proprietary MS protocols to deal with.
> > There are a links to a very informative HOWTO that tells you exactly what
> > you need to put on your /usr/sbin/ppp-on (or wherever it is in your
> > directory structure) file.
> >
> > By the way, if anybody can help me out with this...
> >
> > I'm in the process of getting a Linux installation up on my machine.  I'm
> > using ZipSlack (the one designed to fit on a Zip disk) from Slackware
> > (compiled from their latest distribution, I think) on my primary (only,
> > actually) DOS partition using the UMSDOS file system.  My modem is on COM4
> > under DOS/Win, and I'm having trouble getting my modem up under Linux.  The
> > ppp-on script on the aforementioned page didn't work, and so I tried:  "echo
> > atdt6102340527 > /dev/modem", "echo atdt6102340527 > /dev/ttyS3", "echo
> > atdt6102340527 > /dev/ttyS2", etc., on down to /dev/ttyS0.  I had no
> > response from any of them.  I'm running an emachines etower 333cs, but I
> > haven't tracked down exactly what the modem is yet.  I think I might have
> > one of those damn Winmodems, but I'm not sure yet.  Anybody have any ideas?
> > (ie, Might the SCSI support precompiled in the kernel be interfering with
> > access?  Shouldn't be...)  Any suggestions?  (Other than give Linux its own
> > partition, I only have 2 gigs and can't afford more right now. :)  ).
> >
> > Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Nick R <laktar@hotmail.com>
> > To: <plug@lists.nothinbut.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 1999 10:30 AM
> > Subject: [Plug] Linux compatible ISPs
> >
> > > I have a friend who can't seem to dial up to Bell under Linux. He seems to
> > > think that it's a problem them as an ISP, that they use some kind of
> > obscure
> > > proprietary thing or something. He's had a Linux semi-guru who knows a
> > lot,
> > > but is also full of it help him & they couldn't get it working. Can
> > anybody
> > > comment on this? How about MSN? If there'd be one ISP you shouldn't be
> > able
> > > to use under Linux, it'd be them I'd think.
> > >
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