Re [ltp] Newbie --- Thinkpad 600, Redhat 8.0, Sound.sdm

Bernard DEBREIL linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 01 Feb 2003 21:02:54 GMT


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> Paul Kaplan wrote:

> >If you're referring to the internal modem, it's a software (or Winmod=
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that
> >relies heavily on the underlying OS to work.  There's a site called
> >linmodem.org that may have drivers that you can use to make the thing=
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> >The linux-thinkpad site can tell you what the modem chipset is for yo=
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TP.
> >I haven't pursued this problem since I don't use the modem.
> >Paul
> >

> The modem in the Thinkpad 600 (and 600E, 770, and some others) is not =
as
> dumb as a Winmodem.  It actually has a hardware DSP,  it just needs a
> control program to load the DSP with the instructions it requires.  Th=
e
> difference is that it doesn't eat much CPU when the modem is in use,
> unlike the typical Winmodem.

> For lots of info on the 600 see Thomas Hood's page at
> http://panopticon.csustan.edu/thood/tp600lnx.htm

> The home page for the modem in the 600 is at
> http://oss.software.ibm.com/acpmodem/

I am using this modem on my TP600, this reply is taking advantages of it=
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services...