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> Well, a bit of research shows that the WinModem on the 600E is based
> on the IBM ACP mWave modem, not a Lucent. IBM has open-sourced drivers
> for this chip available for Linux, so it might be possible to convert
> it to run on FreeBSD, but I don't have the time to learn to do it,
> let alone to do it.

   I did this port a little while ago and it seems to work ok 
on my 600E. IBM have just posted my version of the source on their
web site alongside the linux version:

   
http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/linux/projects/mwave/

Simon

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