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From: lmarks@vnet.ibm.com  (Laurence V. Marks)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.dcom.isdn
Subject: Re: ISDN PCMCIA card experiences?
Date: 3 Mar 1996 04:30:04 GMT
Organization: IBM Networking Hardware Division  RTP, NC
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From: lmarks@vnet.ibm.com  (Laurence V. Marks)
Subject: Re: ISDN PCMCIA card experiences?
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In <AD2eRCADLdHxEw1i@itsound.demon.co.uk>, Bill Holt <Bill@itsound.demon.co.uk> writes:
>In article <4fjin4$ava@rtpnews.raleigh.ibm.com>, "Laurence V. Marks"
><lmarks@vnet.ibm.com> writes
>>
>>>
>>IBM's PCMCIA card works great under Windows, and we have several 
>>satisfied customers using it under WIn95 as well, although official 
>>support won't be available until March.
>>
>>2B channel support is available.
>>
>Does this work around the world? Could I take it with a laptop ( and, I
>presume, a selection of drivers) and expect it to be useable in, say,
>France, England, Australia, the US etc?
>
>I'm thinking of the connectivity aspect for an application requiring
>large files to be transmitted, not access to local ISP's.
>-- 

Yes, the PCMCIA modem has been approved in many countries.  You don't 
even need to go searching for drivers.  Just go into the configuration
panel and name the country you are in, and you will be asked for the 
appropriate information.  Note that you can name nre configurations as
you define them, so you can easily go back to a previously defined 
one.

If you plan to use the analog modem function (in the absence of ISDN),
you must get the appropriate data coupler (DAA) for each country.

Laurence V. Marks
IBM Corp. - Research Triangle Park, NC