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Re: Can one do anything useful With an Old USB Apple Dialup Modem?



Martin McCormick wrote:
> Gregory Nowak writes:
> > Hmmm, interesting. It registers as a sound device, but not as a usb
> > serial port. I'd guess that means you might be able to use it as a
> > speaker phone, provided it also registered as a usb serial port so you
> > could control it. I could be wrong on all this of course. I've used
> > regular rs232 modems, and pci cards before, but not a usb attached
> > modem.
> 
> 	Thanks for all the good information. There definitely
> was no new /dev/anything as I did a  ls -t on /dev and found
> nothing new.

Caller id modems are often found used quite cheap on ebay and at
thrift stores.  I am using a callerid modem for the caller id function
myself.  I had one die on me a while back and I replaced it with one I
found on ebay for less than $10.  (Unfortunately the one I am
currently using is starting to flake out.  I may have to think about
upgrading again.  Maybe to a voip box I now have but haven't put to
use yet.)

In other words if this doesn't work out of the box then I wouldn't
invest a lot of time trying to make it work.  (Unless you enjoy it and
want to.)  For just a few bucks you could get something that would
work immediately.

Bob

P.S. Usually with the Hayes command set "AT#CID=1" turns on the caller
id function.

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