This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0A739.5471B94C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I don't believe that it was PnP---I think it's about 4 years old, maybe 5. I inherited the wife's old PC when she upgraded to an AMD 950. I have no idea why they put 2 meg of RAM on that thing---only that when we looked it up a couple of years ago trying to find an updated driver that Diamond told us to use the driver for the modem with 2 meg of RAM rather than the one with 1 meg. My wife's the gamer, I'm just trying to learn what I can for my employer. Randy Keyes Network Services, JNL randall.keyes@jnli.com -----Original Message----- From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:pfaffben@msu.edu] Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:55 PM To: Keyes, Randall Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu Subject: Re: Where do I begin? Basic Linux "Keyes, Randall" <randall.keyes@jnli.com> writes: > It's an "old" Diamond ISA 56k internal---sportster 56si with 2Mb RAM on the > card, I believe. Not a winmodem. Is it PnP? If so you either need to tell your BIOS to set it up (by setting anything labeled "PnP aware OS" or similar to "no") or set up isapnptools (or use kernel 2.4). BTW why would a modem have 2 MB of RAM, or even 2 Mb? -- "MONO - Monochrome Emulation This field is used to store your favorite bit." --FreeVGA Attribute Controller Reference ------_=_NextPart_001_01C0A739.5471B94C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">RE: Where do I begin? Basic Linux I don't believe that it was PnP---I think it's about = 4 years old, maybe 5. I inherited the wife's old PC when she = upgraded to an AMD 950. I have no idea why they put 2 meg of RAM = on that thing---only that when we looked it up a couple of years ago = trying to find an updated driver that Diamond told us to use the driver = for the modem with 2 meg of RAM rather than the one with 1 = meg.
My wife's the gamer, I'm just trying to learn what I = can for my employer.
Randy Keyes
Network Services, JNL
randall.keyes@jnli.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Pfaff [mailto:pfaffben@msu.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 1:55 PM
To: Keyes, Randall
Cc: linux-user@egr.msu.edu
Subject: Re: Where do I begin? Basic Linux
"Keyes, Randall" = <randall.keyes@jnli.com> writes:
> It's an "old" Diamond ISA 56k = internal---sportster 56si with 2Mb RAM on the
> card, I believe. Not a winmodem.Is it PnP? If so you either need to tell your = BIOS to set it up
(by setting anything labeled "PnP aware = OS" or similar to "no")
or set up isapnptools (or use kernel 2.4).BTW why would a modem have 2 MB of RAM, or even 2 = Mb?
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"MONO - Monochrome Emulation
This field is used to store your favorite = bit."
--FreeVGA Attribute Controller Reference