at the temporal coordinates: 12/13/01 9:59 AM, the entity known as Laurent
Daudelin at laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com conveyed the following:
>
> On 13/12/01 04:38, "Ben Smith (QM Systems)" <ben.smith_at_qm-systems.com>
> wrote:
>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
>>> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Raj Patel
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:47 AM
>>> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Repair SUCKS
>>>
>>>
>> <snip>
>>>
>>> I'd love a TiBook or iBook - although I hear they've gone to the
>>> evil WinModem/Software Modem thing on latest revisions. Nasty.
>>>
>>> Raj.
>>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> This is not new for Apple, AFAIK Apple had software modems years
>> before the dreaded 'winmodem', The 'DAA' modems in powerbooks were
>> software modems I believe.
>
> Hmmm, I think you have been mistaken. There has been a "real" hardware modem
> in the last models of PowerBook, including the Titanium G4. The last
> "software" model was found in the Centris/Quadra 660AV and the Quadra 840AV.
> Those 2 Macintosh were using the GeoPort adapter, with a software modem.
>
> -Laurent.
Actually, PowerMacs up through the 7x00, 8x00, and 9x00 had Geoports, as did
a number of clones and the PowerMac G3 AIO (all-in-one). The beige G3
appears to be when Apple abandoned the Geoport.
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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