From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jan 3 12:05:10 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01776 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:05:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from heather.greatbasin.com (heather.greatbasin.net [207.228.35.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA01769 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:05:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dan@jgl.reno.nv.us) Received: from danco (rno-max5-47.gbis.net [207.228.61.111]) by heather.greatbasin.com (8.9.1a/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA21148; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:04:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <02ea01be3754$3aa00a20$6f3de4cf@danco.home> From: "Dan O'Connor" To: , "Martin Reemer" Subject: Re: Modem reccomendation Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:03:18 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----Original Message----- From: Martin Reemer To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sunday, January 03, 1999 9:18 AM Subject: Modem reccomendation >One partitioned HD and FreeBSD 2.2.7 later, I discovered exactly what a >WinModem is. No flames, please, I'm horrified enough at the concept. As a fellow newbie, I was also dismayed at this concept. Here's another one I just learned about: On some new low-priced *home* PC's, the video system shares memory with system RAM. So they advertise a 32MB system with a 4MB video card, but you really only have 28MB system memory. How's that for sneaky? >Can anyone reccomend a decent and possibly inexpensive modem choice for PPP >in FBSD 2.2.7? Just looking for some guidance re: model and vendor. All >advice is appreciated. I use a SupraExpress 56e (about $109 @ PC Connection). I figured the absolute best way to avoid any WinModem-type problems is to use an external modem connected to a serial port, and sure enough, it works great! --Dan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message