Personal computing discussed
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meerkt wrote:I thought as a fallback maybe PCI passthru into a VM. But it seems not that straightforward. Maybe dual-booting? Yuck.
ludi wrote:In any case I had a few modems running under NT6 and Win9x back in the day.
just brew it! wrote:ludi wrote:In any case I had a few modems running under NT6 and Win9x back in the day.
NT6 was actually Vista/Win7/Win8. He's asking for modern (-ish) Windows drivers. I assume you meant NT4...
meerkt wrote:Any generic way to get modems working?
videobits wrote:Grabbing a USRobotics model is probably a safe way to go. There were plenty listed on eBay when I just looked.
videobits wrote:Yes you will need a serial port, but that should be simple to find.
ludi wrote:Saw this thread title on the front page Hot Threads and thought it had to be a world record necro.
srg86 wrote:Back in the day I avoided WinModems like the plague. I think all full hardware internal modems are ISA, I don't think there are any PCI or PCIe based ones. I still would also recommend an external unit. I prefer having the lights, because they give actual useful information, plus it's not a WinModem.
I'd also go the internal COM header route (though I still use RS-232 ports and Null-Modem cables for talking to my old computers) if you can. I still find Super IOs more reliable than even FDTI USB/Serial converters. That said an FDTI based unit is a good second choice.
srg86 wrote:Back in the day I avoided WinModems like the plague. I think all full hardware internal modems are ISA, I don't think there are any PCI or PCIe based ones. I still would also recommend an external unit. I prefer having the lights, because they give actual useful information, plus it's not a WinModem.
just brew it! wrote:There were a few PCI full hardware modems, but the vast majority were indeed Winmodems.
bthylafh wrote:Those old USRobotics Couriers had a well-deserved good reputation.