Re: Can one do anything useful With an Old USB Apple Dialup Modem?
On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 09:27:14PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote:
> 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.)
An argument for not buying the cheapest thing available. I got the pci
hardware modem I currently using for caller id in Spring of 2000 for
somewhere around $70 as I recall. I'm still using that very modem a
whooping almost 14 years later.
> P.S. Usually with the Hayes command set "AT#CID=1" turns on the caller
> id function.
Yes, but first the OP needs to have somewhere to send that to.
Greg
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