Hello Brad!

  BS> The umodem driver [perhaps the uhci/ohci driver] was a
    > little cranky in the 1.4P era.  I was unable to use my
    > uhci machine with a umodem while doing ppp.

Thanks for your feedback.  I may stick to good old fassioned
serial modems then, despite their relatively high cost.

  BS> The ohci machine has been updated to 1.5.1_BETA, but I
    > have not tried anything except mice and keyboards
    > since the upgrade.

I've thought about using some 'legacy free' machines for a
certain application.  Do USB keyboards and mice work well
with NetBSD in your experience?

Regards,
  - Andy.