Re: Prometheus 300C

[Erick Wagner <wagnere@netcom.com>]

dr7zyq@rand.nidlink.com wrote:
> 
> Someone asked the other day about what was a Prometheus 300c (they found a
> picture on a web site; it plugged into the modem and game controller ports on
> an apple //c).
> 
> Actually, it is a Promodem 300C by Prometheus products.  A revue and photo can
> be found on page 32 of the May 1986 issue of InCider magazine.  On the page
> opposite, there is a Pinpoint ad which appears to have a closer view of the
> 300C plugged into a //c.

Ah, I bet the modem is stealing power from the game port. This is okay
if
the device doesn't draw more than 100mA of current.