internal modem on 770X

Andy Welch linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
Thu, 29 Apr 1999 03:04:01 -0400


Has anyone contacted IBM on the modem issue yet?  I know they are
begining to support Linux is a BIG way... I wonder if a beta copy of a
modem program exists somewhere in the bowls of Big Blue...?


Andy Welch

"R. Kelley Cook" wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 13:29:53 -0400, Mark Kennedy wrote:
> 
> >does that mean if i boot NT and use the internal modem (causing the
> >firmware to be stuffed down its maw) and then boot linux, it shows
> >up as a good old modem in I/O device space?
> >
> >/mark kennedy
> >
> 
> Unfortunately, no :(  Something gets lost in the shuffle and the Linux
> hacker guys haven't quite been able to figure it out yet.  Hopefully in
> the near future.
> 
> You can, however, boot DOS, load up the MWAVE device book Linux via
> LOADLIN and get the Soundblaster support.  It is a start.
> 
> See http://www.flexion.org/mwave for some info.
> 
>  -- Kelley Cook