Modem dial-up on Jornada 720

Hi,

I understand that the built-in modem in Jornada 720 is a "soft-modem" and getting this to work in Linux is virtually impossible.. By any chance... someone has get this to work?

I guess the next option is to use the 720 serial-port and hook it up to a normal serial modem. Do you guys think this will work? If yes, any pointers to get this setup? Thanks alot.

regards,
thamch

Rumor has it that somebody got as far as getting a dialtone, but nothing else. As for your serial port idea it should work as long as you know the correct pin out. Somebody on this forum had made a makeshift serial cable to use a serial mouse with the 720. So if you're crafty enough, it should be very doable.

Cheers.

The modem may be related to the one on the Dreamcast, which is Linux supported. However, not much development has been done, as the modem is not viewed as a priority.

Wouldn't it be possible to just use a modem PCMCIA card instead ?

If it is Linux supported, yes.

Hi,

Thanks for all the suggestions.. Hmm.. think I will try using a PCMCIA modem instead.

If I am able to get a Linux supported modem and manage to get it detected... what are the things that I have todo to get it dial-up to my ISP? Is there an opie 'dial-up' application for this or I have to do it the cmd line way.. Some pointers will be great.. Anyone has done this before? Thanks.

regards,
thamch

There are plenty of tutorials on the topic available online.