Antonis,
1-Dongle: not a modem, but a (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle ).
The word has also been used for a short piece of cable for PCMCIA modems
and network cards, matching an RJ-11 or RJ-45 phone or Ethernet cable to
whatever female connector was provided on the PCMCIA card side.
2-The Zoom modem: the URL which you quote
> http://www.zoom.com/products/dial_up_external_usb.html
contains a link to Model #3095 Datasheet
That new page answers your question. I read there:
"On-board Digital Signal Processor and Controller: provides the highest
level of system stability and compatibility for all desktop and notebook
computers with USB ports, including Windows, Macintosh, and Linux
computers."
The characteristic and painful feature of Winmodems (those which need a
special driver) is that they do NOT have a DSP or a Controller or most
often neither of the two.
Thus this Zoom model is definitely the opposite of the modems which keep
us busy on this discussion forum.
While I never wrote a word here recommending any hardware, I cannot
abstain from writing that my experience with Zoom stuff (not including
this particular model 3095), has been outstandingly good over many years.
Jacques
Antonis Tsolomitis wrote:
Since my laptop's modem is not yet supported, I was looking into the
solution of buying
a dongle modem. Since I do not know what is "dongle", does anyone knows
these devices?
For example, one can be found here:
http://www.zoom.com/products/dial_up_external_usb.html
The company says that they work on Linux too! I wonder if I should trust
this...
Does anyone knows something?
thank you,
Antonis.
