Re: Modem for 560 (xjack)

[jesse montrose <jesse@spine.com>]

This is a good point, I don't use any other pc cards, so it hasn't been a
problem.  Worth noting also is that Megahertz has a combo modem/ethernet card...

I still wish these things were built in.. I understand the reasons they're
not, but it'd be nice :)

At 04:23 AM 7/28/96 +0900, Jeffrey Friedl wrote:
>I have to admit that seeing the MegaHertz xjack modem was one of the few
>tims in my life when I was truly dumbstruck by the ingunity of what can be
>made these days. It's functional, cute, and convenient.
>
>But in practical use, there's one very, very important downside. It's
>difficult to use it with many other PCMCIA cards that need access to the
>outside (such as my CD-ROM one with a cable to the drive). The telephone
>cord extends both above and below the xjack. It's almost impossible, for
>example, to use both it and my Adaptec SlimSCSI card. If I really wrench
>the thing, I can ``make it fit'', but this is not an optimal solution.
>
>I now use a different modem card.
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