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dovyman:
Well the main reason I use Win98 instead of Linux, (although I do have linux on my computer along with windows) is the internet... I live in a small town, and broadband internet isn't readily available.  So  I am stuck wit dialup.  Unfortunately like no modems work with linux, because they are cheap and use the processor to do a lot of the work, and  don't provide linux drivers to support this.  I am also 14 years old, aka, i don't have a whole lot of spare cash, and theres no way im spending $100 on a modem.  I looked around and there seem to be a lot of modems out there (external, i was told those would work with the regular linux modem drivers) but i don't know what to buy, I don't want a piece of crap.  Does anyone recommend any specific modems? Preferably less that $60?  And don't say go to linmodems.com, because I have been there, and it wasn't much help, except to educate me on the problem.

Centurian:
Hey,

Go to Ebay and find an External USR 56K modem. You can probably find a good used one for $10 to $20 US dollars plus shipping.

kinky:
winmodems (windows modems) are made for windows... now microsoft has used its mighty power to make you keep using windows...

there are many modems that work fine in linux

i was looking at http://www.mypccity.com/ and they sell a 3com they say works in linux for $42

http://www.mwave.com/ has a Smartlink modem that is Linux compatible for $38...

both are PCI internal modems

Calum:
a winmodem seems to me to be half a modem, with the other half of the modem being emulated by a program (closed source, windows only). My sister got one of these, as she was owed a modem off an ex boyfriend who nicked her old modem, and he gave her a "software modem". She says it was shite even in windows, and she promptly bought a similar modem from the same company, but made sure it was a "hardware modem", so it runs independently of the OS, whatever it is, and only needs drivers. Apparently, the manufacturers' drivers don't really provide optimum performance in windows, whereas Linux autodetected it on install.

The main problem here is that a casual user, trying out a free UNIX for the first time, might assume that the winmodem not working problem is a unix problem rather than the fact that they have just been stiffed by somebody that wanted to seel them only half a modem...

Mojo:
Oh such misconception about modems!

Loads of modems work with linux - when you come across a 'software'/'winmodem'/'Controllerless' modem it just means you have to put in a little bit of effort to get it working (downloading new drivers).

'Winmodem' + linux driver = 'LINMODEM'

You can get linmodem drivers for MOST of the winmodems available (e.g. Intel/Ambient HaM, PCTel, Lucent...) My cheap Intel MDHaM563x 56k v92 modem (

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