Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 13:25:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: CyberPsychotic <fygrave@freenet.bishkek.su> Cc: Thierry.Herbelot@alcatel.fr, gary.hall@mcg-graphics.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Internal Modem Setup - beginners question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810061325040.19930-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.4.02.9810031148310.425-100000@freenet.kg>
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On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, CyberPsychotic wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Just one question : is your modem of the "Winmodem" species ? > > If yes, you've got no chance to get ut running under anything except > > Win$-9[5-8] > > not true:-)). see http://www.kalug.lug.net/linux-admin-FAQ/ > We have mentioned that it's possible now to run it under Linux, I certainly don't see that on there. Question 2.4. How do I use a `WinModem'/`WinPrinter' under Linux? All Win* things are brain-dead. However there's some chance to get WinModem or WinPrinter under Linux.Ghostscript now has support for some WinPrinters. But since the actual idea is that Win-devices are just very simplified things, where lots of things are to be done by specific Windows drivers you'd better abstain getting these things, since they will undoubtfuly decrease your box performance, will use alot of your machine CPU and generally will hog machine.:^) RemarkSadly, vendors of WinPrinters and WinModems have been pressured by M$ to withold programming information, so lots of Win-devices still aren't supported in Linux world. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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