Compgeeks has an external modem for $24: http://www.compgeeks.com/products.asp?cat=MDM Better stock up. > FYI: Hardware modems are always better but I got the cheap winmodem > that GN sells (~$10) and it (or the chipset anyway) has a downloadable > Linux driver. It's not zippy but it wasn't hard to install and it's > pretty dependable. > > Brady > >> Re the machine - I called General Nanosystems and talked to one of >> their techies who was very helpful on the hardware compatibility >> issue. As far as I can tell, provided I go with a hardware modem (he >> recommended US Robotics) and not a winmodem I should be okay with >> installing Linux on a system they build for me. (My last two PCs were >> from General Nanosystems and I like them a lot.) > > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list