Re: Ethernet Modems

["Terry Olsen" <tolsen64@hotmail.com>]

It's supposed to work with any serial device.  It pretends to be a modem. 
I've just got another $65.00 to save up and I'm orderin mine...


"Simon Williams" <email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> wrote in message 
news:1go7y2i.qg82qkz4d86kN%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com...
> 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.
> -- 
> ._____.
> |[LD8]! SIMON WILLIAMS :: LUDDITE ENTERPRISES UNLIMITED
> | (O) | 68K MACINTOSH SERVER   http://luddite.no-ip.com
> !__!__! FAILURE RECORDS http://failurerecords.no-ip.com