Re: Internal Modem

[shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

Rubywand (rubywand@swbell.net) wrote:

: > I have, potentially, a stupid question.  How difficult would it be to
: > convert an external modem into an internal one (for a GS). Here's the
: > basic idea:
: > 
: > a) Having an internal modem is a pretty nice thing, as it takes up less
: > desk space and basically makes for a prettier looking system. Plus it
: > would just be a cool thing to do. The idea is, basically, 2400 just ain't
: > fast enough.

I can't figure out why the non Apple box using crowd likes internal modems
so much. I would get irritated if I couldn't see status lights on my modem.
but I'm not the kind who tells people how to use their equipment. I think
trying to convert an external would be a waste though. Of course if someone
would build a peripheral slot PCMCIA card adapter, all kinds of cool stuff
could happen. How would one of those modem/ethernet combo cards grab ya
for instance?

:      You could take a good (small size) modem out of its case and mount
: it in the GS and run power leads to it. A short modem cable could run
: out to the regular GS port socket and you could mount a phone jack on
: the back. This, I guess, is what you have in mind.

:      Some modems are very small and might be easy to mount inside the
: GS-- perhaps epoxied to the inside of the front case cover. The idea
: looks like it should work. A possible mod would be a switch to
: make/break the modem connect to the GS port and to make the GS port
: connections internally. This would leave the port easily accessible for
: a NULL-modem cable.

I dunno, none of the 28800 modems I've ever seen are that small. The best
candidate would be the Supra 33600 which gets its power from the ADB port,
it's pretty small.
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