Re: [Freenet-chat] Linux Help

[tartlhuQ <tartlhuQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Jan 01, 2001 at 10:23:08AM +0100, g'o'tz ohnesorge wrote:

> Or get an ISA serial port card for 15$ or less, and a real serial external modem
> for that.

I don't like externel.  Takes up too much space and an extra power
socket.  Besides, even some externel modems are Winmodems now.  Whoever
came up with the idea of winmodems needs to have their nads caved in.


> > But also, you use AOL which doesn't work on Linux.
> 
> Shouldn't it be possible to hang a proxy box between serial port and modem to
> re-engineer their protocol? AOL may have all the bad reputation for the amateur
> users, but they're also one out of only two low-cost flatrates in Germany ..

I don't know.  They're too expensive and their service is crap, I don't
want to mess with it.

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