modem on powerbook g4

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basti · Post by **basti** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 7:45 am

Hi,
i have a powerbook g4 1,67ghz. I would like to know if the internal modem works fine!

thanks
bye

JoseJX · Post by **JoseJX** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 1:45 pm

No, it's a software modem, commonly called a "winmodem", but in this case, perhaps it's a MacModem? :)

Sorry.

piroko · Post by **piroko** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 12:32 am

I know that there are many drivers for Winmodems on x86 linux, such as the Lucent and Martian drivers. Is there any hope for such drivers for this modem at all?

JoseJX · Post by **JoseJX** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:53 am

Not really. It's pretty mac specific (communicates over the i2c bus like a sound card) and would basically require someone to write a binary Linux driver for it. I doubt it'll happen any time soon simply because it's a very niche product.

Sorry.