[Duo2400] 280c modem trouble

Wed Mar 5 10:00:23 PST 2003

Hello,

The Free PPP is OK to establish your dial-up connection. What is 
needed is the driver for internal modem which is Express Fax/Modem II 
1.5 from Apple. Once this driver is installed the fax/modem folder 
will be created in the hard drive and "Express Modem box" in the 
control panel. Turn the modem on and set the port to "internal modem" 
in the "Express Modem" box. In the TCP/IP connect should be set to 
Free PPP. In the "Modem Control" box connect to "internal modem" and 
not to "printer/modem port" and choose GeoPort Express Modem from the 
drop-down modem lists. In order to activate the internal modem, you 
should make the printer/modem port occupied by turning on the apple 
talk from the chooser. The OS 7.5 has no "Remote Access" connection 
box but you can use the Free PPP (telephone icon located at the right 
hand corner of the screen near the Finder) to connect. Sometimes the 
Free PPP cannot recognize the GeoPort Express Modem and will shift to 
"generic modem initialization" in an error message. Just click on 
generic modem and the dial-up connection will be successful. Although 
installing OS 8.1 will improve your networking access with the 
OT/PPP, the memory requirement to run the OS will be much higher and 
will slow down your PB 280c which has only 40MB maximum RAM. The 
ideal OS for this kind of processor (68LC040) and RAM is OS 7.6.1. 
and you can get peak performance from PB280c. This is very important, 
you should be using a 68K compliant Internet browser and mail 
program. Use Internet Explorer and Outlook Express 3.1. and Netscape 
3. Version 4 of these browsers and mail programs is for PPC and not 
for older MacOS of 68K processor.

>With a lot of sweat and frustration along with some helpful hints from the
>list and the archives, I have finally resurected my 280c modem to the point
>where I can get a dial tone.  I have loaded Apple Telecom 2.3.3 onto system
>7.5 with Free PPP.  However, even though the modem can be found and there
>is a dial tone, the modem is  unrecognizable at times and is recognizable
>at other times.  It will identify the modem but with different symbols in
>the connection window on each connection attempt.  It will even dial up on
>occasion, make a conncection, but the connection will not be stable and
>e-mail access has not been achieved. Is there something else that I need to
>do?  Do I need to place an init string into the PPP?  Would installing Geo
>Port - EM updater 3.0 help/duty?  Perhaps a higher OS like 8.1?
>
>
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