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- From: cmartin@rahul.net (Clark Martin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc,comp.sys.mac.comm
- Subject: Re: mac modems with no wall adaptor needed
- Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 23:42:39 -0800
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- In article <4g19ml$ke0@tuba.cit.cornell.edu>, srs3@crux1.cit.cornell.edu
- (Motti) wrote:
-
- > I got a SupraExpress 144plus for my macintosh (8100) and
- > to my surprise I found that it had no wall adaptor. Rather, it
- > takes it power off of the ADB port.
- >
- > This is *very* connvenient, but does anyone know if there is
- > any disadvantage to this arrangment?
- >
- > Also, in case i ever get a new modem, does anyone know if
- > there are other manufacturers who have modems like this?
- >
-
- I set one of these up on an 8500. One problem is the serial port
- connector is oversize where the cable from the ADB plug joins in. On the
- 8500 this prevents something from pluging into the printer port if the
- modem is plugged into the modem port. In this case, the something was a
- LocalTalk adapter. Fortunately Open Transport allows the use of the modem
- port for LT, so I switched ports. The 8500 (and 7500) use an over-under
- modem / printer port connecter arrangement instead of the traditionaly
- side by side configuration. If they had just 'Y'd the cable, it would
- have been simpler.
-
- One other thing I don't like about this modem is that you can't turn it
- off if you need to disconnect or reset the modem.
-
- --
- Clark Martin
- Macintosh Consultant
- Redwood Ciy, CA, USA
- Another designated driver on the Information Super Highway.
-