Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:23:45 -0400 From: "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com> To: "'ziplok@bellsouth.net'" <ziplok@bellsouth.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: RE: winmodems :-) Message-ID: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A668465@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>
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This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C100D1.03EE0560 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" You are correct. I have even heard some people call them hardware modems and software modems. Roderick P. Person Programmer II personrp@ccbh.com http://www.ccbh.com > -----Original Message----- > From: ziplok@bellsouth.net [mailto:ziplok@bellsouth.net] > Sent: June 29, 2001 2:54 PM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org > Subject: Re: winmodems :-) > Sensitivity: Confidential > > > > Someone back me up on this one. I figure that the same > problem with winmodem the Linux crowd has is the same with > FreeBSD. Winmodem are not REAL modems. They are telephone > adaptors that depend on their drivers for carry out the > functions of a modem. Real modems have this ability hardwired > in. To use a Winmodem with linux/FreeBSD,you have to have a > drive written for that operation system. I know that they > exist for Linux for some modems, but I'm not sure about FreeBSD. > > > > From: "Alice" <fox@netunlimited.net> > > Date: 2001/06/29 Fri AM 09:57:56 EDT > > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> > > Subject: winmodems :-) > > > > i have two quick newbie quetions > > > > 1 i have a diamond multimedia supramax 56i voice pci > (us/canada) modem, is there any where i can find out how to > get this to work in freebsd > > > > 2 i have an asus kt7 amd motherboard with the new AMR > (audio modem riser slot) on it. IF i would be better off > buying a real (not win-) modem, does anyone know if the amr > slot is suported in freebsd? > > > > thank you > > > > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C100D1.03EE0560 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 5.5.2653.12"> <TITLE>RE: winmodems :-)</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <P><FONT SIZE=2>You are correct. I have even heard some people call them hardware modems and software modems.</FONT> </P> <P><FONT SIZE=2>Roderick P. Person</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>Programmer II</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>personrp@ccbh.com</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2><A HREF="http://www.ccbh.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.ccbh.com</A></FONT>; </P> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>> -----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> From: ziplok@bellsouth.net [<A HREF="mailto:ziplok@bellsouth.net">mailto:ziplok@bellsouth.net</A>]</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sent: June 29, 2001 2:54 PM</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Subject: Re: winmodems :-)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Sensitivity: Confidential</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Someone back me up on this one. I figure that the same </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> problem with winmodem the Linux crowd has is the same with </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> FreeBSD. Winmodem are not REAL modems. They are telephone </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> adaptors that depend on their drivers for carry out the </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> functions of a modem. Real modems have this ability hardwired </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> in. To use a Winmodem with linux/FreeBSD,you have to have a </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> drive written for that operation system. I know that they </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> exist for Linux for some modems, but I'm not sure about FreeBSD. </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > From: "Alice" <fox@netunlimited.net></FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Date: 2001/06/29 Fri AM 09:57:56 EDT</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org></FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > Subject: winmodems :-)</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > i have two quick newbie quetions</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 1 i have a diamond multimedia supramax 56i voice pci </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (us/canada) modem, is there any where i can find out how to </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> get this to work in freebsd</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > 2 i have an asus kt7 amd motherboard with the new AMR </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> (audio modem riser slot) on it. IF i would be better off </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> buying a real (not win-) modem, does anyone know if the amr </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> slot is suported in freebsd? </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > thank you</FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> > </FONT> <BR><FONT SIZE=2>> </FONT> </P> </BODY> </HTML> ------_=_NextPart_001_01C100D1.03EE0560-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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