25 Sep
2003
25 Sep
'03
2:30 p.m.
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Ed Sharpe wrote:
Hayes pioneered the 'Smart Modems'. These
modems fit inside the computer
and could be programmed to automatically dial a phone number or answer
the phone. Hayes advertised: "Since it is a direct connect device, it
has none of the losses and distortions associated with acoustic
couplers.
The Apple modems I have are made up of two parts. There is a card that
goes into the computer, which is pretty much the modem's brains. There is
also an external box that contains the telephone line interface circuitry
and some other misc bits. They are connected by a ribbon cable, which I
*think* is 16 conductor (I'd have to look).
-Toth