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It's Baaack at the Geeks! External Serial Modem, $16.50 +Shipping.

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the watch is in stock again, and was wondering if anybody has experience with one.. if you ordered, please post. i'm wondering if winxp will auto-recognize it and install drivers like the usb key drives, or if the drivers on the cd really need to be used.
 
It will recognize it automatically under win2k/xp, but they include a driver cd for systems running win9x/me.
 
...Still use modems???
. Yes. Broadband has made little inroads as yet except in the major metropoli.
.bh.
 
Thanks Zepper

I ordered the Cendyne and threw in a couple usb cables for less than $25 shipped 🙂
 
got my Cendyne on Friday ... have not been able to get >33K connect speed ... any suggestions
tried the +ms=v90 but no improvement...
log file shows no compression or encryption
----Win 98 / 1.3G AMD /512MB ram
 
Originally posted by: Zepper
Reasons for buying external serial: 1- Works easily with ALL OSes.

Zepper, you say an external modem is os independent, yet both modems are listed for Win & Linux but not Mac.

With the correct conversion connectors would they be compatible with the old beige Apple serial ports?
Despite being Wintel based I am helping (hesitate to say supporting) someone with Performa 6400. Both internal and external modems for the older Macs go for Steak prices but the budget is strickly hamburger.

Thanks for you help😕

Peter R.

What you don't know is less dangereous than
what you do know that ain't so!
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Originally posted by: BZeto
where do I go to get the chubby billfold discount?
Click to expand...
The discount code is just the "real" name of the chubby billfold board 😉


I rec'd my order today but was wondering if everyone's Cendyne box just had the clear tape holding the box closed? I thought Cendyne shrinkwrapped all their items.
 
WangDang,
. Most serial modems will work on Macs with the proper cable. The common cable you find is Apple to 25-pin.
The only real difference is that the modem will come with different data/fax software and an .INF or .INI type file specific to the Mac.
I don't know if it's possible to use a generic v.90 or v.92 modem config on Mac as it is on Win.
. Best Data in the past has sold identical modems for both Mac and Win and theirs are Rockwell/Conexant based too. So if you could find a v.92 Mac modem's .in* files there, a little editing might make them work.
. My old v.90 is a Mac version that I've been using with my PC for several years. I'd be willing to trade it for the Cendyne if you can't get it to work. It has a 25-pin connector which is the most common old Mac modem cable.

rugrat,
. Have you ever been able to get over 33.6 kb from any modem at your location? If not, then that's a good sign that there is more than one D/A conversion between you and the digital PoP. If that's the case, you will never get more than 33.6 on the downstream.
. You will need to check with your local phone company to find out. If your ISP has more than one PoP (phone number) in your local service area, try them all and see if there is any difference.
. If you can, try your modem at a friend's house in a different section of town to see if that makes any diff. Go to www.56k.com for more info. Good luck.

carmann,
. Lots of mfrs shrink-wrap for walk-in stores and use tape or nothing on units that go to mail order operations.
..bh.
 
Zepper

. My old v.90 is a Mac version that I've been using with my PC for several years. I'd be willing to trade it for the Cendyne if you can't get it to work. It has a 25-pin connector which is the most common old Mac modem cable.

I am going to make a run on it. With a little luck I will not have to call on you for the swap.

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Right now the person I am supporting on an Apple Preforma 64000 is accessing the internet with a LTE 5400 (Portable P150Mhz, 78MB Ram; Win95 because of NO CD; a 56K internalv.90 modemand tiny, tinny speakers). For all its faults, the accessing the internet on the LTE 5400 with a 56K modem beats accessing the Internet on the 33K modem in Performa 6400 (the largest made for this model).

Before installing the modem, an OS upgrade from 8.1 to 9.1 or 9.2 would seem in order. Keeping in mind Peter's (Lawarence) Planning Principle (A poorly planned project takes four times longer than anticipated; a well planned project only takes twice as long.) this may take a while.

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I don't understand people who are bored.


Peter R.

What you don't know is less dangerous than
what you do know that aint' so!
 
Wow, now that watch is something any corp. spy could not live with out. Never mind my USB key chain that moved stuff off my comptuer before I got laid off.... Just personal stuff though...
 
I tried to order this v92 for $16 something and the only freight option when you get to checkout is $21. Pretty stiff eh?
 
I get these shipping options for that Cendyne modem only in the cart:
Ground Service $5.00
3 Day Service $7.00
2 Day Service $9.00
1 Day Service $16.00
1 Day AM Service $18.00

Close your browser windows, try clearing your compgeeks cookie (<yourname>@compgeek*.txt) then go back. Unless you're trying to ship to a foreign country or something, the regular shipping options should be available.
 
I converted my Cendyne/Amigo into a Zoom. See the note in the top post. The v.92 stuff hardly worked at all with the original drivers that came with the Cendyne.
. This works better, but apparently you are supposed to make the serial port work with the mohser.vxd instead of the normal serial.vxd. None of the installation software I've tried yet makes that happen.
. Well, I guess that isn't such a good idea. When I made the serial port use mohser.vxd as its driver, NW won't load... Back to square 1.
. Anyone know how to make v.92 fly step by step?
.bh.
 
You need to use both the Zoom drivers/software and firmware. You can also get the full, 232 page, command reference for the Conexant ACF chipset and the most current version of NetWaiting from Best Data. The Command Ref on the Zoom site is partial - thru the end of Chapter 5.
. The NetWaiting available from the Best Data site (v.2.5.3) may be newer than that from Zoom. It should work with ALL conexant based v.92 modems. Now that I substituted mohser.vxd for serial.vxd by the simple expedient of renaming the two files, NW won't load at all on my machine. I'll have to put it back the way it was to find out what the Zoom version of NW is.
. The saga continues...
.bh.
Where's the :sun: ?

BTW, both modems are still available from the Geeks. bh.

 
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