Dear All - Just catching up on some postings to the the list.....
>Your Duo has to have the modem built-in. It is the connector on the left side
>as you look at the back of the Duo. Or, I would presume that if you have a
>standard RJ-11 US modem built-in but have an international dock, it will still
>pass through the internal modem to the European plug. This box plugs into the
>modem connector (or pass through connector) and simply converts to
>the specific
>phone connection for the country. It should still work in Poland as
>long as you
>use the appropriate phone connector adapter that you can pick up at most
>luggage stores. In this case, you'd use a U.K. to Poland converter.
I'm the guy that was asking about the connection to the third port on
the mini-dock last year, and with the little grey Apple DAA it works
fine. BUT....the wires between the DAA and the phone system have to
be just so - which explains the taped cross connections of cable
hanging from my mini-dock! You may need to experiment with which of
the four wires from the DAA goes to which on the telecom side.
Michael Clemmetsen noted:
"If you're thinking of making up a cable, try looking at the following:
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n12929
Article number 12929, "Duo Dock/Duo Dock II External Pinouts"
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n12928
Article number 12928, "Powerbook Duo 210, 230, 250, 270c: External Pinouts"
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n10851
Article number 10851, "Powerbook Duo: Main Interface Connector Signal
Assignments"
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n12930
Article number 12930, "Duo MiniDock: External Pinouts"
http://til.info.apple.com/techinfo.nsf/artnum/n11747
Article number 11747, "Express modem: Hayes AT Command Set"
I'm not a hardware expert, so I don't know whether these would be of
a great help,
but my limited knowledge makes me think they might be useful.
Obviously the best solution would be for someone on the list who has
the elusive DAA to open it up and tell the rest of us what's inside
(slugs and snails and puppy dog tails?)
Michael"
>External
>modems do not necessarily translate to faster modems due to the limited speed
>of the internal data bus. I've found my 14.4 internal modem is just about as
>effective as my external 56k modem for surfing. Downloads are a different
>matter, however.
Yes, I've noticed this. And even downloads to a Duo280 aren't too bad
for occasional use.
Regards to All
Hugh Browton
East Anglia
Europe
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