Modem Subsystem

The

modem

subsystem is composed of

a digital signal processor

(DSP)

and

a data access arrangement

(DAA):

General MIDI-compatible, 40-voice wave table synthesizer 33.6-kbps data/fax modem

Full-feature telephone Answering machine

Headphone-free, full-duplex speaker phone

ThinkPad Modem

The modem subsystem provides three system settings: I/O address, IRQ level, and DMA channel.

I/O Address

IRQ Level

 

DMA

Channel

 

 

 

 

 

 

0130–013F (default)

IRQ

3

DMA

0

 

0350–035F

IRQ

4

DMA

1

 

0770–077F

IRQ

5

DMA

6

 

0DB0–0DBF

IRQ

7

DMA

7

(default)

 

IRQ

10

(default)

 

 

 

IRQ

11

 

 

 

 

IRQ

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MIDI Port Function

The MIDI port function provides one system setting:

I/O Address

0300–0303

0310–0313

0320–0323

0330–0333 (default)

Sound Blaster Support Function

The Sound Blaster support function provides three system settings: I/O address, IRQ level, and DMA channel.

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IBM 600 manual Modem Subsystem, ThinkPad Modem, Midi Port Function, Sound Blaster Support Function

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