[G4] Apple Ext modem stops with OS Upgrade?

[Patrick J. Runcie]

Three suggestions... if this is a USB modem, shut the computer off,  
unplug the modem for about 5 minutes, plug it back in & then turn the  
computer back on, if it doesn't work, try 24 hours, on a long shot.  
2nd suggestion is reset the modem using the AT command.  You would  
need to do in using a program capable of logging into a BBS or  
telnet.  You would then type ATH, which is the command for hanging  
up.  I would see this problem more on Windows back in the late '80s  
early '90s on 14400 modems and cheap generic early 56k modems.  If  
this still doesn't work, if you have access to another Mac, try it  
out on it.
What's cheaper, than that modem if you have to replace it, and I do  
it when my cable is down, since I don't have POTS service at home is  
use a cell phone.  Virtually any cell phone, in the last 3 years, can  
be used as a 56k modem and also to send faxes.  For $.99 and a couple  
of bucks for shipping you can get the USB cable for your phone, from  
eBay, which if you were to get it from the phone store, it would be  
$20 or more.

Patrick J. Runcie
macandlinuxuser at gmail.com



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