[ale] Wimpmodem to Limpmodem?

[Jim Philips]

My PC has an Agere modem on it. It's been a year since I tried to make it 
work. But as I recall, linmodem didn't help. I Googled around frantically on 
it for a couple of days and never saw anything that offered hope.  If you 
find a way to make it work, let me know. But I wouldn't be too optimistic.

On Wednesday 18 May 2005 05:59 pm, Mills, John M. wrote:
> ALErs -
>
> I'm still sorting and planning for my Fry's 'GQ' laptop and I'm not sure
> what to make of its builtin Wim[p]modem.
>
> 1. The WinXPHole device manager identifies it as an "Agere AC'97".
> (Evidently there _is_ an AC97 codec in there somewhere.)
>
> 2. Knoppix (Debian) Linux discovers it (per '/proc/pci/') as:
>
> Bus 0, device 2, function 6:
>  Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Intel 537 [56k Winmodem] (Rev
> 160). IRQ 18.
>  Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=52.Max Lat=11.
>  I/O at ...
>  I/O at ...
>
> 3. Freeduc-1.4.1 ('nother Knoppix/Debian variant) discovers it as:
>
> Bus 0, device 2, function 6:
>  Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 56k Winmodem
>  (Smart Link HAMR5600 compatible) (Rev 160). <<--<<
>  IRQ 10. <<--<<
>  ...
>
> QUESTION:
> What do I seem to have here, and does anyone think it could fuction as a
> linmodem (ltmodem or ???).
>
> I posted a PDF scan of the laptop's specs at:
>  [http://speakeasy.net/~johnmills/mills-atl/Notebook_Spec.pdf]
>
> It looks like a knockoff, or rebranded, Acer, though I don't have an exact
> configuration match.
>
> TIA for any suggestions.
>
>  - Mills
>
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