Re: Will a Global Village Bronze 9600 fax modem work w/ the IIgs?

[treiter@comet.net (Toby Reiter)]

In article <4jm2me$kc5@atlantis.atlantis.actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@atlantis.actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) wrote:

>In article <hnGIN-V.rocketusa@delphi.com>,
>Rocket Press...a Litmag  <rocketusa@delphi.com> wrote:
>> Hi. I have a chance to trade for a global Village Bronze 9600 faxmodem.
>> It doesn't have an adapter and plugs into the mouse port, I was told,
>> to get its power. Anyone here of this working on a IIgs.
>>  
>> Anyone hear of this working for the IIgs?
>
>It will probably work OK, as long as it is only using ADB to get power
>(and doesn't draw too much).  If it can be addressed as a peripheral
>via ADB, then it won't work.
Don't worry, it attaches through the serial port.
>I have a strong suspicion that the Teleport Bronze doesn't provide some
>features such as V.42/V.42bis or MNP-4/MNP-5 (error correction and data
>compression) - they are implemented in software running on the Mac.
>This software obviously won't work on the IIgs, so you might not have
>these features available.
It sure don't.  I would say using a Teleport on a IIgs is pretty meager.

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