Re: Internal Modem for Apple IIc Plus??

[Charles Stephens <devnull@dobbs.eng.sun.com>]

>>>>> "PS" == Paul Schultz <pschultz@med.wayne.edu> writes:

 PS> On 23 Jul 1998, Louis Cornelio wrote:
 >> BiG Tim 80 <bigtim80@aol.com> wrote:
 >> > I recently opened up my Apple IIc Plus case and noticed that was
 >> > a connector on the motherboard that read "MODEM", what kind of
 >> > modem is this for?. If it is for an internal modem, then where
 >> > does the telephone conn. go?
 >> 
 >> I vaguely recall this being discussed some time ago & the upshot
 >> was it was a *planned, future item* by apple that never
 >> happened. MAybe deja-news will have more, but that is what I
 >> remember...

 PS> Yep, Louis is correct. This connector was intended for a modem
 PS> but no one ever marketed one although supposedly at least one was
 PS> under development. I recall the idea was to have a memory
 PS> expansion board and modem combo. The original poster is correct
 PS> in that there is no opening on the IIc+ case intended for a phone
 PS> jack. Someone speculated recently that you perhaps could squeeze
 PS> a thin line out the security slot on the back of the IIc+ but I
 PS> haven't taken a look at the back of my IIc+ to see how feasible
 PS> this would be.  (my IIc+ is stored away right now).

 PS> I don't have the specs on what the pins on the modem connector
 PS> actually provide but I doubt you could 'rig' any type of internal
 PS> modem without some major hardware hacking.

It would be a great idea to have an AppleTalk transceiver/memory on a
IIc+.

Any takers?

cfs
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