Re: pcmcia modem models: XJack

["John H. Kim" <jokim@mit.edu>]

On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, Randy Whittle wrote:
> 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.........
> 
> If this is an issue for you and you still want the Megahertz, they
> *do* have a "corded" version without the XJack.

For a while, word was that notebook manufacturers would be adding an
RJ-11 jack (but no modem) into the case, and the PCMCIA modem would
simply use it in lieu of (or in addition to) providing its own RJ-11
jack.  Apparently, it never came to be.  *sigh*
--
John H. Kim
jokim@mit.edu