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Date:      Fri, 13 Jul 2001 19:58:34 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Vaclav Kares <vaclav.kares@worldonline.cz>
To:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@cosmic-cow.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: modem on ThinkPad 600
Message-ID:  <20010713195422.D524-100000@Kares.server>
In-Reply-To: <PAEEKMEONGKOPFFOEKPJKECICAAA.jslivko@cosmic-cow.net>

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> >Do you know how to run winmodem ?
>
> AFAIK, Winmodems cannot run under FreeBSD or Linux because they require
> Windows in order to tell the modem what to do.

This is not right because the winmodem works under Linux. IBM have wroten
the module which makes that the windomem looks like a external one on
/dev/ttyS1 with standart Hayes command.

> You may be better off buying a hardware modem from a store. If you wish,
> you can check out http://www.linmodems.org for more information, as
> there is a bunch there

The hardware modem is better you I right. But in the notebook is very
small place :)


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