From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 16 09:24:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA04314 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:24:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from lucy.bedford.net (lucy.bedford.net [206.99.145.54]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA04308 for ; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 09:24:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from listread@lucy.bedford.net) Received: (from listread@localhost) by lucy.bedford.net (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA01434; Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:20:52 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from listread) Message-Id: <199807161620.MAA01434@lucy.bedford.net> Subject: Re: Hardware Support In-Reply-To: <35ADD704.92A646F9@cm.nu> from Matt Asics at "Jul 16, 98 03:33:41 am" To: eupolis@cm.nu (Matt Asics) Date: Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:20:52 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-no-archive: yes Reply-to: djv@bedford.net From: CyberPeasant X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Matt Asics wrote: > I was wondering if there is or will ever be support for Winmodems or > modems just designed with windows in mind. I own a SupraExpress 33.6i > PnP Internal which requires drivers and does not automatically get > assigned a com port. My bios is also not PnP compatible with newer > hardware, so you can imagine the problem I'm in. I am most likely going > to buy a new(real) modem, but I was still wondering if there was a way > to get this old one working. Thanks for your time. I am unaware of any plans to accommodate the Winmodem. Their design is flawed enough that you would still not want it, driver or not -- using the cpu to handle all aspects of serial communication is a Bad Thing. One sure way to beat the PnP problem is to use an external modem, if you've got a "good" serial port (16550 - check dmesg) free. These are usually more tractable than internal modems, and also /seem/ to work better. Besides, they have more blinkenlights, which is important. Dave -- Sancho Panza: `Microsoft Windows NT Server is the most secure network operating system available.' Don Quixote: `You are mistaken, Sancho.' To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message