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WinModem - Modem, usually PCI, which relies on the host computer for it's processing power. Most often these modems only work in Windows with the modem drivers. However increasingly there are more drivers available for Linux, so these modems get affectionately called "LinModems?". Beware tho, not many modems are fully supported under Linux. Intel now has such a chip (DSE sells modems based on these) and because they have both windows and linux drivers Intel calls them HaM1? - Host-Accelerated Modem. Another example is the mwave winmodem in IBM thinkpads - IBM has released a GPL linux driver, which is now in the main kernel.

By far the most common WinModems (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. At some point after I (SamJansen) needed Conexant modem support for Linux they released Linux drivers. The first place to stop if you have a WinModem is probably: http://www.linuxant.com/drivers/.

I cannot say I have used these though, perhaps someone who has can add their comments? AddToMe

See Also http://www.linmodems.org/.

1? I have seen modems branded as HaM around for a long time. In fact, the first every WinModem I saw was an ISA 33k6 HaM. This was in pentium class machine, and was purchased with the machine. HaM is just the generic term for WinModem.