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to: KrUpTiOn
from: Kurt Weiske
date: 2019-03-05 08:15:00
subject: US Robotics USB Modems...

  Re: US Robotics USB Modems...
  By: KrUpTiOn to All on Tue Mar 05 2019 07:24 am

Kr> Are there any experienced SysOps (or ANYbody) that has used the USR 5433b
Kr> USB External modem with linux? I'm trying to figure out how to configure
Kr> it. The problem is, that model, it turns on when the driver is installed
Kr> (No off/on button). I've looked on Google, but I've found very old threads,
Kr> that wasn't much help...

That's a WinModem, I think - the Windows driver did some of the heavy lifting,
so they could make a cheaper (but incompatible w/o a driver) modem.
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