[H-GEN] how many modems

[Christopher Biggs]

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staeci at yahoo.com moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:

> okay boss wants machine with four modems for dialup users but doesn't want to spend
> bucks on multi-serial-port card.  Is it possible to say have one modem on each com
> port and have two internal (probably isa) modems.  This is under linux, either redhat
> or debian.

Yes.  Provided either the modems or the com ports can use other than
the "standard" IRQs 3 and 4.  You either need cards with jumpers or
non-bogus software-config.

cjb.


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