[Scottish] modems

[Huard, Elise - D C&W Consultant]

hrrrrm. 
I thought they came standard, and that i had a variation - you have a point
there.
Might still try the refund route ... 
failing that i'll put it on Ebay for ?15 :-)

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> From: 	Elwell, AD (Andrew)[SMTP:A.D.Elwell@dl.ac.uk]
> Reply To: 	scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk
> Sent: 	31 January 2003 17:00
> To: 	'scottish@mailman.lug.org.uk'
> Subject: 	RE: [Scottish] modems
> 
> ahem, at risk of being pedantic..
> 
> Does your laptop *have* a serial port on it?
> 
> I don't remember you mentioning it was for a laptop - I have had sucess
> with
> xircom pcmcia combi cards (NIC+modem) and would recommend them over
> cheaper
> ones with dongles that break.
> 
> Failing that, looks like you'll need a serial adaptor for your laptop -
> which isn't cheap. (We ended up with a docking station that had a PCI slot
> in to add 3 serial inputs to a laptop on a boat)
> 
> Serial ports are normally male on the PC's / laptops and come in 9 or 25
> pin
> (now rare) varieties
> 
> 
> > Sounds like its been designed for the older large COM ports - 
> > I had one of
> > those on my first PC and the modem needed to use it - I 
> > would've thought it
> > would've come with a connector for the modem but also on the 
> > other end one
> > of both type of COM connector.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Now i just unpacked the thing and $**!(%* the cable ended in 
> > two female
> > plugs that don't seem to connect to anything on the back of my laptop
> > (female 15pin plug, female 25pin plug and 2 usbs).  
> 
> external monitor and printer perhaps? not serial...
> 
> 
> Andrew
> 
> www.hpcx.ac.uk - our computer IS bigger than yours...
> 
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