modems

[Ben Pfaff]

Sean <picasso@madflower.com> writes:

> On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Mark Szidik wrote:
> 
> > I always recommend external serial modems.  They just work.
> 
> depends on the hardware platform =)
> 
> You want to stay away from "Win Modems" which if there is any support
> for them I would think it is still pretty buggy.
> 
> Im not sure what the status of USB modems is either, but I am pretty sure
> they work now.

(At least some of) the ones that implement the standard ACM
protocol for modems work.  Others do not.