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From: Eddy Mulyono <lumine@email.com>
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Subject: Re: Decision Point for this kid - linmodem or "hard" modem
Date: Fri, 3 May 2002 06:47:39 -0700
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On Wednesday 24 April 2002 13:42, you wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Linux newbie here. Am fumbling around trying to decide if I should try to
> get my internal winmodem working as a linmodem. Have Red Hat 7.2 installed
> on a Pentium II with 128 meg w/ 40gig drive. Considering all the things I
> have read, might it not be simplest long term to just plug in a hardware
> modem into COM1 and just be done with it?
Yes, it is true that using a hardware modem will make OUR lives a whole lot 
easier.
But then there's also the "challenge" of making the LinModem to work.   :)
>
> I've got something called an "HSP Micromodem 56" onboard in COM4, Interrupt
> 9, Address DC00 with a UART = "NS 16550AN". I built the computer from parts
> that I bought at a show and the motherboard is from some company called
> PC100.
>
> RH 7.2 is working fine so far as I explore it. Am interested in connecting
> via analog modem. It but doesn't have to be real fancy just yet.
>
> BTW, what does "HSP" stand for? Could it be "Hayes Standard Protocol"?
> Whatever happened to Hayes?
CMIIW,
HSP = Host Signal Processing
You can check for yourself at http://www.pctel.com/

What happened to Hayes.... I dunno...

That MicroModem baby will most likely be a PCtel stuff, and the great folks 
of OpenSource have made drivers for it.

If you have the spare time, you might want to try.

Hope that helps,

-Eddy