At 10:52 PM +0100 7/16/01, Russell wrote:
>Hi all
>
>I recently acquired a secondhand SupraExpress 288 modem "Designed
>exclusively for the Mac" for a non-technical work colleague. I assured her
>that connection would be a piece of cake but tested it first at home.
>Serves me right.

Cake? I like cake.

>First, the gear: a Quadra 700 running OS 7.1 and Open Transport. The modem
>powers up OK, and when I hit the connect button in PPP it dials the number
>quite happily. Then it sits for a while before telling me "The connection
>attempt failed. There was no answer."

You've got to choose a functional script in the modem control panel 
first and close the window, with PPP.

>When I try the same procedure using my trusty USRobotics 14.4k Mac&Fax I
>get online with no trouble. Could it be that the Supra, which is powered by
>the Mac, doesn't get enough juice from a 68k machine?
>
>Another thing - the Supra came without a phone cable, so I used the one
>from the USR. The Supra has two sockets. I tried both in turn with no
>success. Should both be occupied at the same time?

Only one line from the wall to modem line input is needed.

Roger


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