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  • Subject: Re: [BL] Lucent modem, was Re: floppy version
  • Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:32:34 +0000 (UTC)

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:

Please include /dev/ttyLT0 in future BL's.

No, I don't think so.

Can I add devices to disk2?

Lucent modems are the only winmodems I have
got to work

The Lucent module is incredibly big and doesn't
belong in a mini-distribution. Besides, it is
bad for an old PC -- it reduces the speed by
forcing the old CPU to do processing that normally
is done by the modem itself. It is much better
for an old PC to use a PCMCIA modem (for laptop),
real modem card (for desktop), or external modem.

How much does it reduce speed my (in MHz)? I now have computers without ISA slots, and the external modems I have do not work well on a noisy phone line. The PCMCIA ones are newer and adapt to it, connecting at a slower speed and readjusting. Plus I have a laptop (233MHz cpu) which came with an internal lucent modem, but I can put BL3 on the hard disk (after I add a hard disk).


I found the two lt modules at the BL site.

Yes, I included those modules because I wanted to
provide a complete set; however, I do not encourage
people to use them. Anybody determined to use the
Lucent module will need to create the appropriate
device. There is a command in BL3 for doing that.

Which command? Is the command smaller than the device?
I saw a makedevs, which I thought made all the standard devs. lt0 is probably not standard.

Does anyone want any other devices added?

It is way too late for this. I was open to suggestions
several months ago when I was putting together version
3.50. I was even in a position to make changes relatively
easily before I completed the floppy version a few weeks
ago (and I actually invited bug reports at that point).
But at this point, I am not interested.

I meant in future versions.

Cheers,
Steven

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