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- From: saustin@bbn.com (Steve Austin)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Mac modems vs PC modems??
- Message-ID: <l6s0rbINNhm4@news.bbn.com>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 00:55:07 GMT
- References: <1992Jul22.204426.12818@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
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- laviers@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Cocotte Minute) writes:
-
- -> I am looking to buy an external V32bis fax/modem.
-
- ->I got a great price for a USR sportster (409$CDN).
-
- ->The thing is... the salescritter told me that if I buy one
- ->for my PC, it won't work on a mac.
-
- ->I suppose (he didn't tell me this- he didn't seem to know that much)
- ->that it's because of the difference between the two type of serial ports
- ->(422 on the mac and RS232 on PCs).
-
- I have used a Zoom 14.4 modem on both a Mac, PC and SGI. The only thing
- that I had to do for the Mac and SGI Indigo was to get a cable that
- could handle the baud rate. I got one from EggHead.
-
- Steve
-