[MLUG] ATA card + Software

[hendrik at topoi.pooq.com]

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 01:25:14PM -0500, patricia campbell wrote:
> if it's analog you just need a modem either card or external (oldies
> connected via serial port)  you should be able to get one cheap they
> used to come installed in pcs  you can dial out command line (minicom
> via serial)  or other depending upon what you're doing.
> 
>  be careful some of the modems only worked with windoze
> 
> Tricia

The big advantage of the external modems that connect over a serial port 
is that they don't seem to be Windows-specific.  In my experience, 
anyway.
The internal modems, well, some are and some aren't.

-- hendrik