Re: Linux and internal modem/SCSI DAT drive

[David Medders <dmedders@netcom.com>]

Who is doing this development and how can I help?  


On Mon, 17 Jun 1996, Chris Hanson wrote:

>    Date: Mon, 17 Jun 1996 18:28:45 +0200
>    From: Alan Hodgkinson <Alan.Hodgkinson@ska.com>
> 
>    I have a Thinkpad 755CE which has an internal modem.  I have
>    installed Linux on the system (Slackware with kernel 1.2.13)
>    and so far everything works find.  How can I access the
>    built-in modem?  Do I need to create a special device file,
>    rebuild the kernel with a special option, install a module,
>    or what?
> 
> The internal modem can't be used with Linux.  It depends on some
> proprietary IBM software.  There are some folks working to build a
> loader for it, but it hasn't happened.
>