Controllerless Combo V.90 Modem/LAN Chipsets
Usage: To find other modems with the same chipset.
All drivers, downloads & info on this site are found via the modem.
Each Modem Manufacturers’ page also has external web-links, where available.
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General Information
- This chipset type was started by AT&T, although the chipset itself was originated by Lucent, with the first driver support released on 9 Apr 1999. The Apollo name is chosen because the modem-LAN interface uses ISA-protocols. The LAN component is typically an intel i82559. Generic drivers for all variants in the Family are available on the Agere site, but will only support the modem.
Modem controller functions (AT-commands, etc.) have been taken out of the modem and processed in software on the host-computer. DSP functions are still in silicon in the modem. This reduces the demand on the computer’s CPU (not so important these days) and also makes it easier to move to other OSs from the original Windows host-OS.
It is an immensely popular modem chipset (I’ve got one with a Mars chipset)--there are, therefore, a vast number of variations on the same theme. This can be very confusing, but the good news is that most Lucent Win Modem drivers will work with most Lucent Win Modems, regardless of the variation.
This original Family was developed into the Apollo3 V.92 chipsets. They can be distinguished from the DSP chip:
DSP Chipset Name
APL42 - Apollo2 V.90 (this Family)
APL43 - Apollo3 V.92
Lucent retained the AT&T PCI ID when it was spun off from Bell Labs, hence the MFC name.
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Mfc: the company no longer makes/supplies modems and/or their chipsets, or has been taken over, or otherwise fallen into commercial Tophet.
Modem: it is no longer in production.
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In short, the item marked with a † has shuffled off this mortal coil, it has gone to meet it’s maker, to sing with the choir invisible; it is, not to put too fine a point upon it, an ex-modem (-Mfc, -Chip, -Chipset, -Family or -Type).
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