On Sun, 2002-04-28 at 15:13, Jackie LaVaque wrote: > I'm in the market for a 56K modem for my Mac Power PC 6500 that's running > Linux... [snip] > I would think that a 56K external Mac modem *should* theoretically work > with this 'puter, but no one that carries them seems to be able to tell me > for sure if they would or not. I'd have to agree with you on that. I suppose you want to find a comment like "Hayes Modem Compatible", as you're looking for something that supports the generic Hayes `AT' command set. > I also have a useless StyleWriter 2400 that won't work with Linux. This Mac > only has serial ports, so whatever printer I get would need to be Mac- and > Linux-compatible. I almost bought a printer today that is supposedly > Windows, Mac and Linux compatible, but unfortunately, it was a USB-only > connector. Considering the speed of serial ports, I wouldn't recommend getting a serial printer. However, I think there are some other options. If you have a PCI Mac, you could probably get a USB card that works in MacOS and Linux and get a USB printer. Another option would be to get a printer with an Ethernet port, or an external print server (an HP JetDirect box, for instance) that connects to a network. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Interlace: To tie two boots / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ together. \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ] -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 232 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20020428/55305caf/attachment.pgp