The one and only internal modem ever made for the PowerBook 500 series was the Global Village PowerPort Mercury 19.2 Kbps speed V.42 bis modem. It was about the most advanced modem of it's day for that speed and with appropriate compression and clean phone lines it actually delivers about the same performance as many 28.8 modems. Unfortunately the clean phone lines part is hard in some places and indeed, some modems at AOL and other ISPs don't even attempt to pick up the phone line at the 19.2 speed any more. They just pick up at 14.4 sometimes.
If you have the original NON-PowerPC cpu daughtercard installed in the unit you can use any of the PCMCIA (PC Card) cage option for the left hand side batery bay and use a modern PCMCIA card modem to get on the internet. You can also use an external modem attached to the serial port. If you have any form of the PowerPC upgrades for the PowerBook 500 series you can use an external serial port modem but only the Rev. C version of the PCMCIA card cage will work for PCMCIA stuff. When I catch my breath I'll write more. There are also modem driver issues for those original internal PowerPort Mercury modems. Victor Nazarian -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
