Re: pcmcia modem models: XJack

[Randy Whittle <whittle@usc.edu>]

At 06:30 PM 10/10/96 +0900, Marshall Lai wrote:
>Don't know about ATT 28.8 but tried out Magahertz XJ2288 and returned it. 
>The card is excellent in terms of ease of installation and throughput.  My
>problem lies with the XJack: The phone cable connector protrudes a little
>too much to bend my SCSI cable connector.........
>----------------------
>Marshall Lai

        It is quite true that the XJack thingy, when in use, usually
interferes with accessing whatever *other* PCMCIA card you have in your
machine.  If this is an issue for you and you still want the Megahertz, they
*do* have a "corded" version without the XJack.

        For me though, I've come to the conclusion that I never use the
modem at the same time I am using my Adaptec SlimSCSI card or my Ethernet
card--I may use *those* two at the same time, but never the modem at the
same time as either of them.  The machine is very "independent" when I use
the modem and I have no need for the modem on the occasions I use the
Ethernet (to hook up to my desktop) or SCSI (pretty much just to install
software via CD-ROM--though when other uses for the SCSI are in play, I
really don't need to use the modem at the same time).

        As an aside, Megahertz also makes a combo card model (Ethernet and
XJack), but of course that would still interefere with your SCSI connector.


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