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Date:      Fri, 13 Jul 2001 20:21:07 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Vaclav Kares <vaclav.kares@worldonline.cz>
To:        "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>
Cc:        "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@cosmic-cow.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: modem on ThinkPad 600
Message-ID:  <20010713201435.N595-100000@Kares.server>
In-Reply-To: <46AEB8C1B628D511969200508B6FE42A668499@1upmc-msx6.isdip.upmc.edu>

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Person, Roderick wrote:

> I believe that this IBM module is a kernel module. As there are other kernel
> modules that allow access to other winmodem.

Yes, you I right.

> Since FBSD is not linux the module won't work. IBM would have to make a
> module for FBSD or you have to get the source for the linux moduel and port
> it too FBSD.

Execuse me for my all questions and thank you for your all answers. I find
the port for FreeBSD on a page. This is amazing. I have to find first.

> Roderick P. Person
> Programmer II
> personrp@ccbh.com
>
> "Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind."
>
>     - General William Westmoreland
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vaclav Kares [mailto:vaclav.kares@worldonline.cz]
> > Sent: July 13, 2001 1:59 PM
> > To: Jonathan M. Slivko
> > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> > Subject: RE: modem on ThinkPad 600
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > >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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