[ILUG] modem

[dghowe at eircom.net]

Agere are the microelectronics arm of Lucent that was sold off a year or two ago. Lucent still exists but as a manufacturer of high end networking gear.

Regards,

David

"Hunt, Bryan" <B.Hunt at emuse-tech.com> wrote:

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<  
<  It takes a fair bit of power to drive the zip drive so that could be
<  a good explanation for what's happening there. I guess if the modem is 
<  some sort of Lucent variant I may be in luck. I do remember seeing mention 
<  of it though and as far as I know it was some unknown brand ...... 
<  
<  Speaking of which I see lucent have changed their name to Agere systems 
<  .... I wonder did they thing that by changing their name to something 
<  inconspicuous their shareholders/creditors might forget about them ?
<  
<  --B
<  
<  
<  -----Original Message-----
<  From: Stephen_Reilly at dell.com [mailto:Stephen_Reilly at dell.com]
<  Sent: 18 June 2002 16:38
<  To: B.Hunt at emuse-tech.com; ilug at linux.ie
<  Subject: RE: [ILUG] modem
<  
<  
<  Bryan,
<  	This, however may answer your question... I'll have a look around
<  for some more specific technical data but:
<  
<  "Convenient Ports: 2 USB ports located in front for easy & quick connection
<  with digital cameras & MP3 players and a front audio jack for headphones.
<  Plus 2 additional USB ports, one serial port and one parallel port located
<  in back to connect your other peripherals, such as a printer or scanner."
<  
<  	Certain USB ports are only suitable for low power USB devices, eg.
<  devices with their own power supply for instance (hense your camera working
<  and the zip drive not). This is purely a guess on my part however, not
<  having extensive knowledge/experience on the subject.
<  
<  steve
<  (Note: as always these are merely my own opinions and I have no direct
<  contact with these areas within Dell)
<  
<  -----Original Message-----
<  From: Hunt, Bryan [mailto:B.Hunt at emuse-tech.com]
<  Sent: 18 June 2002 15:31
<  To: 'Stephen_Reilly at dell.com'; Ilug (E-mail)
<  Subject: RE: [ILUG] modem
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<  
<  
<  im gonna have to find out tonite ( with lspci -vv (PB)) .. it's up in my
<  dads house 
<  .... I looked up the specs on the dell website but it was only described as a
<  v92 ... 
<  end of info :-) 
<  
<  Theres another strange thing about that model in that when I plug a usb zip
<  drive into 
<  one of the usb ports in the front of the machine it isn't detected. However
<  if I plug it
<  in at the back it is fine. A digital camera plugged into the front of the
<  machine works fine.
<  ( this is all under windows XP ) 
<  
<  Under Linux ( Suse 8.0 )/Red Hat 7.3 nothing is detected if it is plugged
<  into the 
<  front USB ports. Under redhat 7.3 devices will be sucessfully detected if
<  plugged 
<  into the rear usb ports ( i deleted suse before i thought of trying this )
<  
<  Stranger and stranger. 
<  
<  --B
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