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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!news.fibr.net!usenet From: Rob Snow <rsnow@txdirect.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Please confirm or deny my assumptions... Date: 6 Sep 1995 01:11:24 GMT Organization: G3 Research, Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <42isfs$pl0@nimitz.fibr.net> References: <42iots$2ld@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU> NNTP-Posting-Host: oasis.txdirect.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) To: s9312648@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU X-URL: news:42iots$2ld@aggedor.rmit.EDU.AU s9312648@minyos.xx.rmit.EDU.AU (Toby Hutton) wrote: > >I assume that FreeBSD does not support internal modems, especially >software upgradable internal modems, as I have seen no reference to them >anywhere (in the FAQs or the web pages or other misc. docs). > >I have the opportunity to buy cheaply a Digicom Softmodem Connection >Series 144+fax, though I am torn because I sure it won't be supported by >FreeBSD, which I want to install soon. The necessary driver software that >comes with it is of course for DOS. How hard would it be to set up an >internal with FreeBSD and to port the drivers for it?!? (I've done a >little UNIX system programming, though I haven't yet had any experience >maintaining a PC running UNIX). > >Tobe'. FreeBSD does indeed support internal modems. If this modem is set up on a com port and reads its commands from the com port it should work. (ie. I have a USR Sportster v.34/v.FAST/FAX 28.8kb internel modem on cuaa1 (com2). For the firmware upgrade you may have to boot into DOS, unless you want to port the upgrade software to FreeBSD. This part would probably be more trouble than it is worth. ______________________________________________________________________ Rob Snow Powered by FreeBSD rsnow@txdirect.net http://www.freebsd.org