On Wed, 07 Jan 2004 19:04:27 -0600, John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> wrote:
>Mark writes:
>> Will any external modem work in Linux?

>Any external serial modem will work with Linux. Some USB modems may be
>Winmodems.

Doubtfull. What would be the point of encoding audio packets onto USB when the
external device could do it by itself? The reasoning behind having the CPU do
the audio processing with an internal modem is that the internal modem can be
made as cheaply as possible. For an external modem leaving the audio
processing to the CPU makes no sense considering the amount of other processing
required just for the USB protocol.