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- From: klefevre@cs.arizona.edu (Kelly LeFevre)
- Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.modems,comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm,comp.sys.laptops,misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.portables
- Subject: Re: modem in mouseport COM1 ??
- Date: Tue, 02 Apr 1996 04:19:02 GMT
- Organization: The University of Arizona
- Message-ID: <3160aa26.10320430@news.arizona.edu>
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- On 2 Apr 1996 01:10:32 GMT, j_grent@alcor.concordia.ca (Jan Grenth)
- wrote:
-
- >Can a modem be plugged in the mouseport by using a cheap converter (mice and
- >modems use different types of serial ports)? My problem is that I'm
- >considering a notebook with only a mouseport (not PS/2) and PCMCIA II. I
- >already have a pocketmodem, but not a PCMCIA II modem. Are all PCMCIA
- >modems of type II. If not, would a type I fit in type II?
- >
- >Jan
- >
-
- Modems and mice use the same type of port, just with different numbers
- of pins. The 9-pin, smaller serial port used on most laptops is
- perfectly compatible with the 25-pin used on most modems. All you
- need is that converter (which is sold in almost any computer store).
-
- Many modems are Type I (I believe mine is), and Type I and Type II
- slots are, for practical purposes, the same. I have never heard of a
- compatibility problem between the two.
-
-
- Kelly LeFevre
- Chemistry/Comp Sci sophomore
- University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- http://radon.gas.uug.arizona.edu/~krl
-