First, check the price of an internal modem on ebay, new egg, tiger direct... etc. 2nd your USB is going to be the best opion for an external modem in my opinion because it is the most modern form of technology.
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 10:01 PM, Paul <pper...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a good US Robotics external V.90 modem that I'd like to be able > to use with a G3 blue/white tower that doesn't have an internal modem. > I've heard that USB external modems aren't too good, and I've heard > that internal modems for this machine aren't easy/cheap to find. And > as far as I know, despite the abundance of cheap PCI modems for PC's, > there is no such thing for a Mac. > > Is there an adapter that converts some plug on the back of the G3 to a > serial connection that can plug into the modem? And why is there no > such thing as a PCI modem for a Mac? Why did Apple opt for a large > collection of mutually incompatible internal modems? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
