> -----Original Message-----
> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of
> Laurent Daudelin
> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 3:00 PM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Repair SUCKS
>
>
>
> 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.
>
Sorry, I could not remember which Macs used S/W modems, but it proves
my point - Apple used software modems long before the dreaded
'Winmodem'.
Ben.
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