Anyone using an external modem?

[Black Landlord]

[quote Black Landlord][quote Wild eep]
Yes.
Cool-- what model?
And, just curious-- what do you use it for? Thanks for your help, wild eep-- I can always cound on you to respond to my posts.

[swampy]

The Apple modems are cool. Very small, about the size of a pack of gum. Use mine every day with a 3rd party app called ABDialer and FileMaker Pro with scripts to dial customers, vendors, friends. That was the first thing I checked out when I got my MacPro. I gotta have my auto-dialing! :-)

[mikebw]

Do not eat Apple USB Modem!

[Black Landlord]

[quote mikebw]Do not eat Apple USB Modem!
The remote that came with my iMac was rather tasty-- crunchy on the outside with a chewy center.

[BigGuynRusty]

The "Apple Modem" is actually this one.:
Motorola SM56 Data/Fax Modem
Don't know if Apple did any FirmWare tweaks.

BGnR

[JoeH]

[quote Wild eep][quote Black Landlord][quote steve...]I managed to get through the last twenty years without a fax machine. Isn't email with attachments a more relevant way to send information?
No.

Yes.
Not yet. A Fax gets legal standing that email with attachments has not yet received in all jurisdictions.

[Filliam H. Muffman]

I have seen external USB modems with a Motorola brand chip for $20, but I have not dug for enough info to know if they are Mac compatible.

[Black Landlord]

[quote BigGuynRusty]The "Apple Modem" is actually this one.:
Motorola SM56 Data/Fax Modem
Don't know if Apple did any FirmWare tweaks.

BGnR
Thanks!