MWave support for ThinkPads under Linux

[Bill Mair]

William Ball wrote:

> 1) is the Mwave adapter used in the earlier thinkpads similar to the Mwave
> adapter included with the Aptiva series desktops (providing joystick,
> MIDI, telephony [modem] and sound)?

Yep.

> 2) i assume you can use the sound capabilities of the mwave-equipped
> thinkpads by booting to Linux w/LOADLIN after booting to DOS? (this is
> what i did on the desktop Aptiva; the mwave emulated a SoundBlaster - the
> telephony functions were useless)

The newer generation of ThinkPads have a "normal" chipset for sound support,
they also have an "ACP Modem" which is basically an MWave DSP for
the telephony stuff.

Bill.