Re: Ethernet Modems

[email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com (Simon Williams)]

Terry Olsen <tolsen64@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I've been looking around at a hardware solution for putting an Apple BBS
> online, or making outgoing calls via ethernet.  I've come across this
> product which has "Ethernet Modem" capabilites.  It acts as a standard modem
> to the computer (uses the standard modem command set) and uses ethernet
> instead of a phone line. The representative from the company says that it is
> able to "dial" out as well as "answer" the phone.  Supposedly, if you send
> it an "ATDTxx.xx.xx.xx" it will connect you to a remote host.

Is this implemented entirely in hardware? If so, it should work on all
Apple IIs with an SSC... correct? I imagine you're still limited to
19,200 with an SSC, but it would be convenient to have broadband and not
have to maintain a dial-up account for older hardware.

Pricewise, I think a 56K USR modem is over $100 these days, so
relatively speaking it's not that steep.
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