Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 16:07:08 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> Cc: Craig Johnston <caj@lfn.org>, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 560E TFT -> $1200 Message-ID: <199808232208.QAA04129@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <199808232134.PAA19356@mt.sri.com> References: <199808230426.WAA28288@lariat.lariat.org> <Pine.GSO.3.96.980822214759.24384A-100000@jane.lfn.org> <199808230426.WAA28288@lariat.lariat.org>
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IBM's MWave drivers aren't particularly good. I see the MWave as a failed experiment, alas. Modems and sound cards with built-in DSPs work best when they're sold to multiple vendors, contain internal ROM or flash, and have a standard interface that's documented and operating system-independent. The MWave as a modem is basically a "Winmodem." --Brett At 03:34 PM 8/23/98 -0600, Nate Williams wrote: >Brett Glass writes: >> Oh, one other thing about the ThinkPad worth noting: the internal modem and >> sound are done by an MWave chip. There are NO FreeBSD drivers for this, so >> neither the synth nor the modem will work. You'll need to get PCMCIA cards >> for these functions. > >Note, we benchmarked the internal MWAVE modem vs. a 28.8K PCMCIA >Sportster, and even thought the modem claimed to do 33.6 the Sportster >*ate* it for lunch. It acted like a 9600 baud modem, although at times >we could get burst of high speed. > >In short, I was not impressed with it, so all of our ThinkPad users now >have external modems (or ethernet/modem combos). > > >Nate > >ps. None of the above tests were done under FreeBSD, obviously. > >pps. We were running the most recent patches from IBM as well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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