From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Aug 23 15:09:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28427 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:09:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28344; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 15:09:46 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id QAA04129; Sun, 23 Aug 1998 16:08:54 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199808232208.QAA04129@lariat.lariat.org> X-Sender: brett@mail.lariat.org X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1.0.49 (Beta) Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 16:07:08 -0600 To: Nate Williams From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: IBM Thinkpad 560E TFT -> $1200 Cc: Craig Johnston , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199808232134.PAA19356@mt.sri.com> References: <199808230426.WAA28288@lariat.lariat.org> <199808230426.WAA28288@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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-chat" in the body of the message