From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Nov 13 20:33:26 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id UAA22903 for hardware-outgoing; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:33:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from u3.farm.idt.net (root@u3.farm.idt.net [169.132.8.12]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id UAA22898 for ; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 20:33:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from garycorc@idt.net) Received: from idt.net (ppp-15.ts-1.mlb.idt.net [169.132.71.15]) by u3.farm.idt.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA16635; Thu, 13 Nov 1997 23:32:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <346BD40D.87E7F05@idt.net> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 23:31:09 -0500 From: "Gary T. Corcoran" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03b8 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.1-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Stefan Molnar CC: Ross Potts , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: modems References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Stefan Molnar wrote: > Ross Potts wrote: > > Now I want to use a modem on FreeBSD at home. Before I started leaning over to > > this OS, I tried Linux. Then I heard that they would not take winmodems. On my > > Compaq Presario, that is apparently what I have(no jumpers!). That and the > > stupidly easy setup in FreeBSD made me change over. > > It is not the lack of jumpers makes the winmodem suck, it is the lack of > a UART chip. The UART chip is being emulated in software. Actually it's not the 'UART chip' that's emulated in software, it's the 'controller' microprocessor (often a Z-80). That is, it's the chip that interprets the 'AT' commands and controls the datapump (DSP) which is emulated in software. Generically, they're known as 'controllerless' modems. Nevertheless, they only come with Windows drivers to emulate the controller, and won't work in *any* Unix environment, including FreeBSD. Gary