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Does any one running Solaris 8 x86, have a recommendation as to a 56k modem
(preferably a PCI)?

I am currently using a ZOOM 56k ISA modem jummpered to COM3 IRQ 4, but
cannot find a way to add
additional serial ports (admintool only sees COM1 and COM2). My BIOS only
has controls for to serial ports,
yet I am using this modem with Windows98 (non-PnP, in fact if I attempt to
use PnP it hangs in Win98) on COM3.

Any info regarding serial port modifications on the Internet point to the
"asy.conf" file, however the files look
completely different in Solaris 8 than the previous releases.

Any ideas?

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If I recall correctly, the Solaris 8 hardware compatibility list
does not have ANY internal modems listed.  All external modems
are supported, but no internals aside from a few PCMCIA ones.

I've used and supported modems on IBM PC compatibles for the past
15 years, and my strong, Strong, STRONG recommendation is that you
get an external modem.  Their lights make it easier for you (or the
tech trying to help you over the phone) to troubleshoot problems,
you don't have to shut down your computer to do a hard reset on the
modem, and everybody knows how they're supposed to interface with
the computer.  Internal modems lack tell-tale lights, are harder
to control if they're buggy, and often you can end up with a
Winmodem by mistake.

Last but not least, Sun support will help you get an external modem
working.  Internal modems are not on the compatibility list...

  -Greg
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