NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/hp48/6627

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From: [e-mail] (Anthony J Stieber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
Subject: Re: The "high price" of the HP48!
Date: 2 Jan 1993 07:13:00 GMT
Organization: Computing Services Division, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Paul Rubin) writes:

>From what I understand, that modem (New Media) needs some weird
>proprietary software driver instead of looking like a serial port.
>They are secretive about how to program it which means you are
>screwed if you want to flush DOS.  Also, I believe it needs an

Yep, New Media specifically told me that their interface is proprietary
and they will keep it a secret.  There is a possibility of it being
opened in the future, but I was told not to count on it.
It also means that UUCP, SLIP/PPP, etc. will probably be impossible,
and you'll be stuck with whatever terminal emulator they put on the
card.

>external phone connector.  If I'm going to spend a bundle on a
>card modem, I want it to have v32bis and a built in phone jack.
>As far as I know, these are only available in type II cards.

The HP-95LX apparently does have a Type II cavity.  However, the only
internal jack I know of, the "X-jack", is patented by Megahertz, so you
probably won't see that on anyone else's modems.  Considering the
breadth of patents these days you may not see any kind of fold out
RJ-11 on a PCMCIA card.  Maybe the card attachment is rigid enough
for a module rather than a pigtail cable?
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