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From: barry@utk.edu (RUSSELL BARRY)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: PnpModem question
Date: 30 Jul 1996 04:22:36 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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A. Karl Heller (heller@cdnow.com) wrote:
: Okay.. I just picked up a Supra 288iPnP ( internal Plug n Play)...
: after spending 4 hours or more do get the damn thing working on my machine
: under windows 95.. and then another painful hour or two getting it to work
: under dos ... I am very worried about it not working under FBSD.
: This is a 486 VLB Non-PNP board. so things are a pain with this new PNP crap..
: I miss the jumper days! ( ick.. hack..they were easier than this pnp crap)
: Okay. now.. is it possible to get it to workd with FBSD or should I return
: it for another modem.
: Are there any 288's that aren't PNP? Also, they sell and external version
: of this modem as well.. but it says its PNP as well.. how the hell something
: external can be PNP is beyond me when thats taken care of by my MIO card..
: Should I just return this and get the external version?
FWIW, I have a Hayes Supra 28800 external PNP modem and it works wonderfully
on my none PNP system.
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