DSL modem woes in Kuwait

[Dan Farley]

Dear listers

The following was recently received from my brother in Kuwait. He's with
Chevron in Kuwait. Any help would be appreciated.

> I have been patiently waiting to have my DSL modem installed.  Finally last
> Thursday the guy showed up.  He said he could install the modem even while the
> phone was not working which I thought was great.  Then he saw my I-book and
> thought again.  He had never installed a modem on OS X .  When he put the disk
> in and tried to launch the setup.exec file he got an error message.  This is a
> Windows command.  I put in the disk for the user manual.  It showed that it is
> written primarily for Windows 98, 2000, NT, and XP.  However, it did list OS
> 8.6 or higher (optional).  The agent said he would go back to the office a
> research it.  Here I am again.  My buddies make 3 cents per minute on phone
> calls on the net and have DSL.  What do I have?  An Apple.