Kirk, Thanks for the response!
> I can't speak for most people, but I personally enjoy testing. It's not > quite as stable as, well, stable, but I rarely encounter any significant > errors. The benefit is that you get much newer versions of many of the > packages. That helps. I will probably be installing the testing version, then. > > If you had to pick a new sound card, which would you pick? > > I've had great luck with Ensoniq PCI (ES1371 chipset) cards. They're very > basic, but sound good and are well-supported by pretty much every OS in > existence. By "every OS," I wonder if you know whether DOS and OS/2 in particular are supported? > > If you had to pick a new modem, which would you pick? > > I have a Diamond Multimedia (was "Supra" when I bought it - before DiamondMM > bought Supra) SupraExpress 56e external. It's truly an outstanding > performer. Along those lines, pretty much all external modems will work > without any special effort. Thanks. This has been a tough research project for me. I had hoped that an external USB modem would be an option, but apparently it isn't (at this time). This computer doesn't have a lot of room left inside the case, so I want an external modem, but there seems to be a lot of confusion about what will work and what won't work with Linux. I've noticed that the "real" modems (as opposed to "Winmodems") cost significantly more. Hopefully the one I get will last for a while! Thanks again for your help, Dave W.
