[techtalk] For the not so techie Linux users

[kev]

Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 15:13:19 +0100, kev <kevin.porter at fast.no> said:
>
> >That's what windoze Help told me to do, but I don't have a
> >'Resources' tab there. Help said it sometimes isn't there, but it
> >didn't offer any alternative course of action.  Any other way I can
> >find out?
>
> If there's no "Resources" tab then the device you've selected is a
> "virtual" device which doesn't really have any hardware directly
> associated with it.  You'll have to poke around to find what the
> "real" modem device is.  (This may mean you have a winmodem; I have no
> experience with those disgusting things.)

Unforunately I _do_ have some experience with those digusting things. I
got this modem when I found out my original one was a winmodem. This one
is old as hell, but far quicker and more reliable than the winmodem (in
Windows I mean). So, I know this modem definitely _isn't_ a winmodem.

- Kev


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