Differences between current version and revision by previous author of WinModem.
Other diffs: Previous Major Revision, Previous Revision, or view the Annotated Edit History
Newer page: | version 13 | Last edited on Wednesday, September 7, 2005 8:04:26 am | by AristotlePagaltzis | |
Older page: | version 12 | Last edited on Sunday, August 7, 2005 9:17:11 pm | by PeterHewett | Revert |
@@ -1,16 +1,21 @@
-A WinModem is an
overglorified SoundCard masking
as a MoDem. The device itself has
little else than a [DAC]/[ADC], and
the actual signal processing logic is rolled off to
the host computer's [CPU], where it is hidden inside
a "driver". Manufacturers usually write such drivers
only for [Windows]. Fortunately there are increasingly more WinModem drivers available for [Linux]. Such [MoDem]s get affectionately called [LinModems | http://www.linmodems.org/]. Beware though, there are only few of these among the winmodems
.
+A overglorified SoundCard masquerading
as a MoDem. The hardware consists of
little else than a [DAC]/[ADC], whereas
the actual signal processing logic is performed by
the host computer's [CPU]. The software masquerades as
a "driver", which is generally available from vendors
only for MicrosoftWindows
.
-[Intel] now has a supported
WinModem chipset ([DSE] sells modems based on these) and because they have both [Windows] and
[Linux] drivers
[Intel
] calls them HaM (Host-accelerated Modem)
. How a 56K
WinModem is "accelerated" in comparison to a 56k hardware modem isn't entirely clear; this appears to be MarkeTroid speak
.
+Fortunately there are increasingly more
WinModem drivers available for
[Linux]. Supported MoDem~s get affectionately called
[LinModems | http://www.linmodems.org/
]. Beware though, there are only few of these among the
WinModem~s
.
-The MWave WinModem in
[IBM
] [ThinkPad
]s is also supported. IBM released the driver under
[GPL
], so it has made its way into the official
[Kernel
] source tree
.
+[Intel
] now has a supported WinModem chipset (
[DSE
] sells MoDem~
s based on these) and because they have both MicrosoftWindows and
[Linux
] drivers
[Intel
] calls them HaM, "Host-accelerated Modem". How a 56K WinModem is "accelerated" in comparison to a 56k hardware modem isn't entirely clear; this appears to be MarkeTroid speak
.
-By far the most common [
WinModem]s (at least in New Zealand) are ones based on Conexant chipsets
. For a long time there was no way at all to get any of these to work in Linux, but at some point
[they
released Linux drivers | http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/
].
+The MWave
WinModem in [IBM
] ~ThinkPad~
s is also supported
. [IBM]
released the driver under [GPL], so it has made its way into the official [Kernel
] source tree
.
-If you want
to get a new MoDem for a
Linux and would like to avoid the cost of a hardware MoDem
, DanielLawson recommends a Lucent or Agere compatible chipset based WinModem, after good experience with a Lectron I56LVP/F4 ($32 as of May 2004) that runs fine with the
[ltmodem
drivers | http://www.physcip
.uni-stuttgart.de
/heby/ltmodem
/]. If the binary package doesn't work for you, get the source package and follow the instructions, there's a couple of scripts you can run which basically automate the whole installation
.
+By far the most common WinModem~s (at least in NewZealand) are ones based on Conexant chipsets. For a long time there was no way at all
to get any of these to work in
Linux, but at some point
[they released Linux
drivers | http://www.linuxant
.com
/drivers
/].
-Some modern distros include drivers for the more common winmodems
.
-* [Linmodems|http://www.linmodems.org/]
-* [Linmodems support|http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/]
+If you want to get a new MoDem for a [Linux] and would like to avoid the cost of a hardware MoDem, DanielLawson recommends a Lucent or Agere compatible chipset based WinModem, after good experience with a Lectron I56LVP/F4 ($32 as of May 2004) that runs fine with the [ltmodem drivers | http://www.physcip.uni-stuttgart.de/heby/ltmodem/]. If the binary [Package] doesn't work for you, get the source package and follow the instructions, there's a couple of scripts you can run which basically automate the whole installation.
+
+
Some modern distros include drivers for the more common WinModem~s
.
+
+! See also:
+
+* [Linmodems | http://www.linmodems.org/]
+* [Linmodems support | http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/]
----
CategoryHardware