Yeah they do have a USB modem available, however, in reading reviews on it, I'm not too sure about it. Does anyone on this list here have it, and if so have they had good luck with it? Some of the reviews, make the product seem like it's not even worth the money. On Apr 19, 2009, at 6:21 PM, Scott Howell wrote:
Apple makes a usb-based modem. Last I checked it was about $56 US. On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:54 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > > oh, dang. you read my mind, lol. I was thinking I could use it. I'm > lookin' for a dialup modem that works with USB. if such a thing even > exists! having to use my pc when I'm at my cabin is just not cool. I > wouldn't mind so much if it was a decently working pc, but it's almost > as bad as my mom's and I'm too lazy to fix it up cuz I rarely use it. > maybe that'll be a project for one day when I'm really bored...trying > to get it back up to speed and non crashingness! > peace and positivity > Jessi > follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva > On 19-Apr-09, at 2:43 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Yes. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex, >> >> Jessi, It won't work for you with USB. It is for the old ADB >> connection I think. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex, >> >> >> On 18-Apr-09, at 11:16 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: >> >>> >>> a dialup modem? >>> On 18-Apr-09, at 11:09 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have an old Apple compatable modem I was just about to throw out. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Alex, >>>> >>>> >>>> On 18-Apr-09, at 9:08 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> I thought it was just me with the restarting. But yes, I'm seeing >>>>> this more as well and it's very annoying. The volume will go up >>>>> and >>>>> VoiceOver will restart. Thanks for the info on the names. Btw, >>>>> if >>>>> you type in Apple II Forever in youtube you'll find a really cool >>>>> video and then the one after it is kind of funny. It's a >>>>> description >>>>> of the first Apples but at the time it was made, the II C was >>>>> modern, >>>>> so you'll hear things like the mouse being new and the wave of the >>>>> future and how the idea of putting in an external disk drive was >>>>> new. >>>>> There are other cool videos too. We should make a list for blind >>>>> retrocomputer users. >>>>> >>>>> I really really wanna see if I can get on the net with my II GS >>>>> and >>>>> that program from APH. But I probably need a shell account (which >>>>> I've always wanted) to do that and an Apple-compatible modem. >>>>> Wonder >>>>> if I can boot it up in the Macbook under VMware and find a way to >>>>> convince it I'm on the net through dialup? I just wanna see how >>>>> it >>>>> reads pages. >>>>> >>>>> On 18/04/2009, Scott Bresnahan <b...@apple2.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings, >>>>>> >>>>>> I can't believe I am getting sucked into this. But System 7 was >>>>>> code >>>>>> named Big Bang. I know this because I referred to it as the big >>>>>> bust, since I thought 6.07 was much better and 7 broke many font >>>>>> and >>>>>> text drawing routines in Mac apps and the foundations for true >>>>>> type >>>>>> fonts were laid down. >>>>>> >>>>>> Then as I recall things went music based, I definitely recall >>>>>> Allegro, Harmony and Sonata in the 8.x roadmap. And Rhapsody, >>>>>> the >>>>>> OS >>>>>> that never came. >>>>>> >>>>>> Now, speaking of countless OS releases, I'm curious if people >>>>>> have >>>>>> seen an increase crash rate under 10.5.x as x has been getting >>>>>> higher. VoiceOver seems to be restarting several times a day >>>>>> now, >>>>>> and I "feel" this is getting worse--or rather this seems like a >>>>>> more >>>>>> frequent thing lately. >>>>>> >>>>>> Anyone else feel this way? >>>>>> >>>>>> --Scott >>>>>> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>>> . >>>>>> At 4:40 PM -0700 4/18/09, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> They had no names as far as I remember. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Mac OS 11.0 "Chocolate Lab" A.K.A. "Goldy" Maybe. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, the computers at that time actually had nicknames, not the >>>>>>> OS's. >>>>>>> These Apple regarded as code names, moddel names if you will. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> OS X is as follows: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Beta release (Unknown) >>>>>>> 10.0 Puma >>>>>>> 10.1 Cheetah >>>>>>> 10.2 Jaguar >>>>>>> 10.3 Panther >>>>>>> 10.4 Tiger >>>>>>> 10.5 Leopard >>>>>>> 10.6 Snow Leopard >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Alex, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 18-Apr-09, at 12:59 PM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> haha wow! what was OS7 called? lol. I'm really curious about >>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>> rest >>>>>>>> of the OS's! like I know all OS10s are cat names, but what >>>>>>>> about >>>>>>>> before? lol. >>>>>>>> On 18-Apr-09, at 12:23 PM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi. >>>>>>>>> My first computer experiences was on a Mac Classic, i think it >>>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>>> called that ran os 7. I was one of the two, i think, in Sweden >>>>>>>>> who >>>>>>>>> ran >>>>>>>>> Macs with Outspoken at that time. I absolutely loved that >>>>>>>>> screen >>>>>>>>> reader. >>>>>>>>> /Krister >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 18 apr 2009 kl. 20.23 skrev Mark Baxter: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I went to college with an Apple 2C and an Echo Cricket >>>>>>>>>> which I >>>>>>>>>> did >>>>>>>>>> all >>>>>>>>>> my papers on. This was 1986-90, and the whole Dartmouth >>>>>>>>>> campus >>>>>>>>>> was >>>>>>>>>> wired for Macs. My roommate used to taunt me with the >>>>>>>>>> "talking >>>>>>>>>> moose," application on his Mac 640. I eventually had to >>>>>>>>>> trash >>>>>>>>>> the >>>>>>>>>> 2C >>>>>>>>>> when its disk drive crashed and I couldn't get parts for it. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Mark BurningHawk >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>>>>>>>>> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>>>>>>>>> My home page: >>>>>>>>>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> --Scott >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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