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Date:      Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:34:12 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>
To:        David Johnson <djohnson@acuson.com>
Cc:        GARGIULO Eduardo INGDESI <YAPEDU@SIDERAR.COM>, FreeBSD-newbies <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Questions
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0107061132070.1702-100000@heorot.1nova.com>
In-Reply-To: <3B4603B1.5F45F9DE@acuson.com>

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> > How about hardware support? Are there drivers for PCMCIA cards and
> > winmodems?
> > I'm interested in install it on a notebook.
> 
> Like Linux, there won't be any winmodem support. Fire off a nasty letter
> to your winmodem manufacturer, and go grab a real modem (you know, one
> that actually meets the dictionary definition). PCMCIA works fine. But
> like Linux, laptops can be tricky beasts. You might have to do a bit of
> searching to get some of the more esoteric part-of-the-day components to
> work.

	This would be incorrect. Check out "linmodem" on Linux. There is
also currently a project under way to support Winmodems under
FreeBSD. :) The source has been commited to -current as of last week. I've
personally not tried it on my Gateway 1100 yet, but will ASAIHT. 

> There is a site for FreeBSD laptops. I don't know where it is though.
> Anybody out there know?

	Check the links in my .sig :)

	Rick

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