setting up US Robotics modem

I'm trying to put US Robotics 56K Winmodem to work on Linux Mandrake
8.0. I can't find the device-driver for it. Only the Windows device
diver comes with it. Is it possible to make this Modem work under any
Linux? I've seen device-drivers for other Winmodems, but it seems
impossible to find one for this one although it's a really common
modem.
Does anybody know why is it so hard to write a device diver for it?
And most importanly. WHERE CAN I FIND A DEVICE_DRIVER FOR US ROBOTICS
56K WINMODEM?
I apreciate your attention and help.

On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:58:23 -0700, Pedro Oguri wrote:

> I'm trying to put US Robotics 56K Winmodem to work on Linux Mandrake
> 8.0. I can't find the device-driver for it. Only the Windows device
> diver comes with it. Is it possible to make this Modem work under any
> Linux? I've seen device-drivers for other Winmodems, but it seems
> impossible to find one for this one although it's a really common
> modem.
> Does anybody know why is it so hard to write a device diver for it?
> And most importanly. WHERE CAN I FIND A DEVICE_DRIVER FOR US ROBOTICS
> 56K WINMODEM?
> I apreciate your attention and help.

Don't know where you'd get a driver - IMHO you'd be best of spending a few
bucks and getting a cheap external modem. Winmodems are more trouble than
their worth - plus why make your CPU do the work when the modem can do it
for you?


Gareth Ansell

In article <(E-Mail Removed) >,
Pedro Oguri wrote:
> Does anybody know why is it so hard to write a device diver for it?

Sometimes, because the company will not release the information a
developer would need, thus forcing outside developers to reverse-
engineer it. Other times, because no one capable of doing it is
interested in doing it. (Pay someone to do it and perhaps you will
generate some interest.)

Why didn't YOU write the driver? Do you feel entitled to have someone
else do it for you? Personally I feel grateful that so much in terms of
software and drivers are available. Once I came across a cheap SCSI
adapter which I couldn't get working, but a better one (which works
perfectly) didn't cost much more.

> And most importanly. WHERE CAN I FIND A DEVICE_DRIVER FOR US ROBOTICS
> 56K WINMODEM?

WHERE DID YOU LOOK? http://linmodems.org/ links to all the drivers for
Winmodems, and http://start.at/modem/ is a comprehensive list of all
known modems with their Linux compatibility.

A quick Google search for "linux winmodem" would have found both.
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