External modem

[Andrew Gould]

I have a couple of serial modems in a box in Austin.  They lost their
usefulness when we switched to a digital service.  Are there modems
that work with digital lines?

On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Michael Hipp <Michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> External serial modems seem to be going the way of the dodo (and are way too
> expensive anyway). So I started looking for a replacement.
>
> Eventually discovered the US Robotics USR5637. It is a USB modem with an
> actual built-in controller. Advertised to work on Linux and indeed I plugged
> it into my Ubuntu server and it was immediately installed as /dev/ttyACM0.
> Zero effort. And seems to work great.
>
> Got mine from eBay for $33 NIB.
>
> Just thought this might be useful.
>
> Michael Hipp
> Springtime in Arkansas!
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