[Techtalk] PC card modem/non-powered external modem wanted

Linda Y. Kuo illini.engineer at att.net
Tue Jun 21 07:25:16 EST 2005


On 20 Jun 2005 at 11:31, Carla Schroder wrote:

> I need a nice PCMCIA modem for my Thinkpad that actually works on
> Linux, which the freakin' built-in modem by the great Big Blue Friend
> of the Penguin does not. 

I have a Thinkpad 600 running Red Hat 8.
I bought the 3Com 3CXM756 and the 3Com 3CXM556 on eBay and
both work.

The 3CXM756 are harder to find. Both have the popout Xjack
so you don't need a dongle.


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