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From: "Conrad J. Sabatier" <conrads@cox.net>
To: Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com>
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Subject: Re: What dialup modem WILL work with 8.x and uart?
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On Sun, 21 Aug 2011 11:34:22 -0500 (CDT)
Lars Eighner <luvbeastie@larseighner.com> wrote:
> 
> Since uart in 8.x will not support my PCI 3com hardware modem (as
> FreeBSD sio has since 4.x) and my PR is gathering dust, before I buy
> any more coaster sets from osdisc.com, it behooves to ask if there
> are any dialup modems that 8.x uart actually supports for ppp on
> demand?

Do you have a serial port on your machine?  If so, why not go with an
external modem?  Always worked for me, back in the day.  :-)

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Conrad J. Sabatier
conrads@cox.net