On 28 Apr 2012, at 10:03 , "Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [E]" <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> Hi Charles,
> 
> Thanks for confirming.  I was afraid it was gone, but I thought it was worth 
> asking.
> 
> Was there some big overhead to continue supporting their own modem?

No idea. However, it's possible that Apple merely thinks that faxing is an 
outmoded technology which no-one cares about. Note that the print option under 
System Preferences is no longer Print & Fax, but is rather Print & Scan 
instead. I suspect that they simply don't care.

> 
> I sure don't get a lot of faxes these days, but it seemed nice to have the 
> capability of sending or receiving if necessary.

I fax using my Brother MFD. That works.

> 
> Gregg
> 
> On Apr 27, 2012, at 9:59 PM, Charles Dyer wrote:
> 
>> It's dead, Jim.
>> 
>> Apple's old USB modem no longer works with Lion. It's gone. History. 
>> Finished. A paperweight.
>> 
>> Anyone who can make one work let me know, I have one.
>> 
>> On 27 Apr 2012, at 16:58 , "Dinse, Gregg (NIH/NIEHS) [E]" 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have an Apple USB modem, which was attached to my Snow Leopard Mac Pro.  
>>> When I switched to a new Mac Pro running Lion, I connected the modem, but I 
>>> got an error message when logging in (or booting?) that said it was not 
>>> supported under Lion.
>>> 
>>> I can't remember if the message suggested that no usb modems were supported 
>>> or just this specific model.  In the system profiler, I see the following 
>>> message when I click on Modems (under the Network menu):
>>> 
>>> "No Apple modem found. If the Modem is external, make sure it’s connected 
>>> via USB."
>>> 
>>> This message suggests that an Apple USB modem should work.  Does anyone 
>>> know which is true?  Should an Apple USB modem work on a new Mac Pro 
>>> running Lion (10.7.3) or not?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Gregg
> 

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