Subj : Re: USR USB Modem woes
To   : Ted Long
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 08:56 am

-=> Ted Long wrote to All <=-

 TL>  I've been toying about with a retro BBS, targeted at hams and
 TL> electronics hobbyists. Wanted to add a true dialup node, so I
 TL> picked up a 56k USR 525 voice/data/fax modem. Has both DB-25 and
 TL> USB ports. Claimed to work with Win 95/98/2000. Unfortunately, my
 TL> Debian Linux box refuses to recognize it. I've tried mgetty,
 TL> vgetty, and agetty, and the modem simply won't recognize the ATZ
 TL> or ATDT7195551212 strings, or respond with an error code. It's
 TL> got a new USB cable and a DB25-to-DB9, so its not the
 TL> cable....plugged it into my old ThinkPad, and it works great. I
 TL> should mention that the Linux box is a Raspberry Pi 4B, 8 GB RAM,
 TL> 500GB SSD.

What OS is running on the Thinkpad?

Some of those type of modems are what used to be called "Winmodems", and 
only work with Windows.



.... Daddy, what does "now formatting drive C:" mean?
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