[plug] American modems

[James Elliott]

<original message below>

If it is an American modem, wouldn't you need to replace the AT& commands
with those compatible with AusTel rules rahter than the US rules?

James Elliott
Ravensthorpe Computers
ABN 34 305 232 710
Tel:   08 9838 1043
Fax:  08 9838 1049
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E-mail:  James.Elliott at wn.com.au
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PO Box 228, Ravensthorpe WA 6346
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Jones" <ajones at clear.net.nz>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, June 01, 2002 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] Watching DVD's under Linux


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> I have a Toshiba Satellite 2805-201 which I purchased in Los Angeles. It
has
> the following hardware:
>
> Lucent Modem (I think it's called a Xircom or something).
> Toshiba DVD drive
> Savage4 video adapter
> Yamaha sound card
>
> The Lucent modem has drivers availble for it - there's a bit of faffing
> around to get them working. Choose carefully which kind of Internal modem
you
> get. The hardest thing to work out is what your modem actually is. For the
> Lucent modems there are Debian packages available - they're really good
> because you just download them and install them with dpkg.
>
> As for video - you need to have video hardware which supports Xv video,
> otherwise your video will be too slow. This is supported on the Savage4.
>
> Xine is the easiest DVD software to install on Debian Woody. I use it -
it's
> very good. I've got a syncing problem with sound to sort out but it used
to
> work so I'm sure it's something I can fix.
>
> My machine won't boot Linux from CD but it will boot Windoze. I had to use
> floppies to get started then loaded everything off CD.
>
> Another thing - I had to get my DVD drive replaced THREE TIMES before I
got
> one which read CDs, music CDs and DVDs but of course this was done under
> Toshibas warranty even though I bought the laptop from another country.
>
> It's a while since I installed it all but if you have any trouble then I
am
> willing to help.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Friday 31 May 2002 11:05, Buddrige, David wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am currently in the marketplace for a Notebook computer.  There is one
in
> > particular that I am currently looking at - a Toshiba Satellite 1800.
One
> > of the sellig points (for me) with this particular laptop, is that it
comes
> > with a built-in DVD player.  However, I plan to run it on GNU/Linux -
> > probably Debian.  I would like to use it to watch DVD movies.  I note
that
> > there are several Linux/DVD projects; does anyone know how mature these
are.
> >
> > Also, given that the DVD drive is instead of having a CD-drive, will it
act
> > like a normal CD player for me to install the OS using standard Debian
CD's,
> > or am I going to have to do special configuration just for the machine
to
> > read the Linux CD's off the DVD player?
> >
> > Alternately, any suggestions on laptops up to the value of $2,500 that
> > support Linux are much appreciated.
> >
> > thanks heaps guys
> >
> > David Buddrige
> >
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