[Duo2400] Re: Duo internal modem VS DuoDock modem?

[Brian Getz]

According to the developer note on the duo docks

There is a "modem adapter card to connect the
PowerBook Duo modem to a phone line"

So no onboard modem, modem must be in the powerbook.


--- Edgar Peinelt <edgarpeinelt at usa.net> wrote:
> >> It is my understanding that the modem port in the
> Duo Dock is a
> >> pass-through modem, an "extension," to use your
> word, that requires a
> >> modem in the Duo to be present (and functioning).
> > 
> > Im not sure.  There is a snap on modem card on the
> dock motherboard.
> 
> The DuoDock manual says it's a pass-through modem
> jack, i.e you need to have
> a modem in the Duo. The only add-on modem "card" on
> the dock's board I know
> of is a DAA - an adapter with international
> miniDin-8 jack, needed to
> "localize" your modem e.g. in Europe.
> 
> > I would guess there is not an e-net controller on
> the Duo.  Big geek
> > points if you could get ethernet on a duo without
> an external dock
> > though.
> > 
> > Mad Dog
> 
> Asante's EN/SC device is the smallest external e-net
> controller. I doubt it
> that you could transplant its basic components to
> the interior of a Duo.
> Would be nice though.
> 
> Edgar 
> 
> 
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