[ltp] Psion Gold modem card won't work any more

[Christos Papadopoulos]

Same happened to me this summer.
I think modem support for PCMCIA cards is gone from newer
versions of Linux. If you want it you have to compile it in.

Try this link for software that might make your internal
modem operational.
http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/hsf/downloads-installer.php

The free version of the driver will limit you at 14.4K, good enough to
make sure it works. For $20, you can unlock the full version, including
fax capabilities.  It's more than the $7 you paid already, but you
don't have to carry an extra card around :-)

The other downside is that the driver is kernel specific, so you have
to reinstall when your kernel changes (easy, just rerun the installer).
They seem pretty good at making updated drivers available quickly.

Modems are rapidly becoming history..

Christos.

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 11:40:34AM -0700, Mendel Cooper wrote:
> The issue is a Psion Dacom Gold Card PCMCIA modem card.
> It used to work on my thinkpad under older versions of Linux, but not
> any more.
> 
> It's recognized:
> 
>   1.0 ttyS2 at I/O 0x3e8 (irq=3) is a 16550A
> 
> But, there's a strange error message following:
> 
>   pcmcia: CISfilename is too long
> 
> It tries to dial:
> 
>   ATZ ok
> 
> But, no dial tone and nothing else happens. ...
> 
> 
> Yes, it's only a throwaway modem card, but I paid $7 for it on eBay a few
> years back, and I'd hate to lose my investment.
> 
> Any suggestions?
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