• What Card Modem specs

    From vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 23 20:10:02 2019
    If I need to get a new modem,
    I'm inclinded to get an internal card.
    Any clues as to specs? How to get?

    Machine is a 2007 AOpen.

    Card is about 2.75" high

    Here is dmesg excerpts

    Linux version 2.6.12 (root@Knoppix) (gcc-Version 3.3.6 (Debian 1:3.3.6-7)) #2
    S
    Processor #0 15:15 APIC version 16
    Detected 2000.463 MHz processor.
    VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
    hda: ATAPI 8X DVD-ROM DVD-R CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache
    sata_via(0000:00:0f.0): routed to hard irq line 4
    ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE100 ctl 0xE702 bmdma 0xE000 irq 20
    ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0xE800 ctl 0xE902 bmdma 0xE008 irq 20
    ata1: dev 0 cfg 49:2f00 82:746b 83:7f01 84:4023 85:7469 86:3c01 87:4023 88:407f ata1: dev 0 ATA, max UDMA/133, 156301488 sectors: lba48
    ata1: dev 0 configured for UDMA/133
    scsi0 : sata_via
    ata2: no device found (phy stat 00000000)
    scsi1 : sata_via
    Vendor: ATA Model: WDC WD800JD-00LS Rev: 06.0
    Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05
    SCSI device sda: 156301488 512-byte hdwr sectors (80026 MB)
    SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back
    SCSI device sda: 156301488 512-byte hdwr sectors (80026 MB)

    ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0
    uhci_hcd 0000:00:10.3: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (#4)
    input: ImExPS/2 Generic Explorer Mouse on isa0060/serio1

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  • From Moe Trin@21:1/5 to vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.co on Thu Apr 25 01:33:57 2019
    On Tue, 23 Apr 2019, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.dcom.modems, in article <q9nreq$5t9$2@reader2.panix.com>, vjp2.at@at.BioStrategist.dot.dot.com wrote:

    If I need to get a new modem,

    "new" - good luck with that. I haven't seen new modems in a
    store in maybe 3 years. "new" may need to be "new to me",
    meaning something used off e-bay or similar,

    I'm inclinded to get an internal card.

    Haven't seen one of those advertised in 5+ years

    Any clues as to specs? How to get?

    v.92 is the telecom spec ("56k") and if internal, most likely
    a PCI connector (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conventional_PCI
    to see what the connector looks like). As for manufacturer and
    model numbers... USR-5610 rings a bell, but try searching for
    "Rob Clark Winmodems are not Modems" - a web-page from about
    10-15 years ago, and the "Modem-HOWTO" from the Linux
    Documentation project. Problem with PCI modems is that many
    were "WinModem" (USR trade name) also known as "software" modems
    I rather doubt that drivers are available for anything but win9x,
    w2k and maybe xp. Win7 and later MAY not have drivers because
    "nobody uses modems any more" ;-) ("MAY" because I don't use
    windoze - but that's another story.)

    Honestly, you're likely to have better luck with a USB. like
    the USR-5637.

    Old guy

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