[SPARCbook] serial modems

Michael Lorenz ml at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Thu Oct 12 01:42:42 CDT 2000


Greetings !

> Thanks to all on the built in modem info, now another lame question.
>
> I've got a U.S. robotics external modem which uses a serial cable,
> will this work?  it isnt a winmodem.

Don't see a reason why it shouldn't - but keep in mind that the serial
ports of your SB do only 38400 reliably and only under 2.6 upwards.
Under 2.5.1 I had dropped characters everywhere and 95% CPU load when
transfering data via sz... so I would prefer a PCMCIA modem.

bye
Michael






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