Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 19:45:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell <hamellr@aracnet.com> To: leegold <goldtech@worldpost.com> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: re: these cards ok w/FreeBSD? Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0005201936540.31156-100000@shell1.aracnet.com> In-Reply-To: <000501bfc29f$e6f29770$a5dea4d8@leegold1>
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> ati xpert 128 > ati xpert 2000 > creative labs 3d blaster savage4-agp > diamond stealth III Model S540 FreeBSD will handle all of these fine. You might want to check www.xfree86.org for these though. :) > creative labs sound blaster 16 wavEffects > creative labs sound blaster 16 pci sound card > creative labs sound blaster pci 512 > creative labs sound blaster awe64 value > creative labs sound blaster awe64 gold I've used the AWE64 gold and awe64 values with no problems. I have no experience with the others. > Also would you recommend in the area of USR modems: > Internal isa vs pci? ie., are there any freebsd compatibility advantages to > pci? > Are there any advantages to internal vs. external > Anybody use Zoom brand of modems? > (I assume to stay away from winmodems) Yes, stay away from Winmodems. In my opinion, it's also best to stay away from the USR modems, even the expensive Courier modems. I've had more weird incompatibilities with USR modems then any other single brand. USR modems (again in my experience, even the Couriers) have problems connecting to modems of other brands, are really picky about line quality and tend to have a high mortality rate after 12-18 months. I can not recommend Zoom modems enough though. The cheaper Zooms at $85 or so seem to me to out perform USR, connect to just about anything (even with wrong AT strings! :) and have that nice 7 year warranty. (Not that I've EVER had to send one in for warranty!) Now, I'd personally stay with ISA at this time. There are some issues wether PCI modems can not be Winmodems... they tend to act the same. As for Internal VS. External... it's up to you. For me and the people I deal with (i.e. dumb as rocks sometimes,) Internal modems help simplify troubleshooting a lot. But external modems can easily be power cycled if they lock up vs. usually having to reboot the computer for internal ones. For the price, I stick with a Zoom 56k External about $120 or less at your local Office store. $80 or so at most real computers stores. Rick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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