Subject: Re: GV modem for //gs
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From: "Don Pattee" <t-donpat@microsoft.com>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:18:49 -0700
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There were modems that used ADB, there were modems that used the GeoPort,
and then there were the regular serial (rs232/mini din) modems.
The ADB modems lasted for only a very short length of time. They required a
Mac with the special software "drivers" to make it work. These will not work
with a GS
Some modems plugged into the serial post _and_ the ADB port. These modems
(designed for laptops) grabbed power from the ADB port. These will work with
a GS.
The GeoPort modems won't work with the GS really. They use the same minidin
serial connector, but there is an extra pin. I think the GeoPort came into
vogue with the first generation PowerMacs, or maybe the later Quadra series?


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Brian Hammack <brian.hammack@rook.wa.com> wrote in message
news:18421010-990722111000@rook.wa.com...
> Supertimer chanted almost zenlike:
>
>  SC(| If it is using the ADB port for data transfer, it won't work with
>     | the IIGS since no drivers exist for the modem.
>
> Not sure if I can agree; I have a friend using a Global Village modem,
> and I think it's one of the 8-pin miniDIN ones instead of one with a
> separate RS232.  One just has to come up with the right string in
> ProTerm to make it work.  I'd have to look and see how his 14.4 is set.
>
>  SC(| I don't think such modems are popular anymore.
>
> Best defense is to get an external RS232 modem, that way one avoids any
> hardware specificness that Mac modems and 'Win' modems may give.
>
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