blueberry ibook modem

[Harvey Ussery]

Jason Kibbe wrote:

> hi,
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> i have ydl 3 on my blueberry ibook.  i haven't been able to find out 
> anywhere (searched archives, web)if it is possible to set my ibook 
> modem up so i can use web, im, etc... i've been able to find stuff for 
> newer ibooks, but it seems as if the classic ones are configured 
> differently.  unfortanetly, everything i read has been discouraging, 
> with pages of code.  i know that ibooks are supported by ydl, but does 
> that include everything, or "yeah, you can install it on your 
> mac..."?  w/o internet access, i'll just go back to os9 and xp for OOo 
> (since mac doesn't have it...).  anyway, thanks in advance for any 
> help.  i'm a total newbie so too much tech talk will be foreign to 
> me!  i just ordered some books, though!
>
> jason ;) 

Somebody correct me on this if I'm wrong, but it's my understanding that 
most laptops of whatever platform these days use "softmodems"--i.e., 
modems which have very little hardware component & which rely on 
software within the system itself to perform the modem functions. Linux 
generally is incapable of recognizing or using these softmodems to 
establish a connection to the Net.

--Harvey

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