Subj : Re: USR USB Modem woes
To : Ted Long
From : Gamgee
Date : Sun Jan 29 2023 08:56 am
-=> Ted Long wrote to All <=-
TL> I've been toying about with a retro BBS, targeted at hams and
TL> electronics hobbyists. Wanted to add a true dialup node, so I
TL> picked up a 56k USR 525 voice/data/fax modem. Has both DB-25 and
TL> USB ports. Claimed to work with Win 95/98/2000. Unfortunately, my
TL> Debian Linux box refuses to recognize it. I've tried mgetty,
TL> vgetty, and agetty, and the modem simply won't recognize the ATZ
TL> or ATDT7195551212 strings, or respond with an error code. It's
TL> got a new USB cable and a DB25-to-DB9, so its not the
TL> cable....plugged it into my old ThinkPad, and it works great. I
TL> should mention that the Linux box is a Raspberry Pi 4B, 8 GB RAM,
TL> 500GB SSD.
What OS is running on the Thinkpad?
Some of those type of modems are what used to be called "Winmodems", and
only work with Windows.
