Re: GV modem for //gs

[shack@southwind.net (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <18421010-990722111000@rook.wa.com>,
Brian Hammack <brian.hammack@rook.wa.com> wrote:

> 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.

It'd have to have the funky DIN4 to be that way. The normal serial ports
have DIN8s. Betcha it gets power from ADB but plugs into the modem port too. 
I have a Supra like that, it's handy for using with my Powerbook since it
doesn't have its own power converter.

> 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.

Nothing wrong with one that gets power from ADB.
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