Jack,
Being a big fan of the PB170 (I've currently got two of 'em!), I can tell
you that as far as I know, no special software was required for the internal
modems to work. As part of the System 7.1 install for that model, a Control
Panel simply called "PowerBook Setup" is present, and it allows you to
decide between the Internal modem and the external Modem port on the back of
the PB. Once set to Internal, the modem behaves as any external Mac modem
would. That is, you can use any standard terminal software (Zmodem, Red
Ryder, White Knight, Smartcom II, etc.) and simply configure it to use the
Modem port. By the way, once in terminal mode with any of those programs,
you can type the various Hayes-standard "ATI" commands to get full
information displayed direct from the modem's internal ROM (try ati0
through ati9 followed by a [return] to see the various display screens,
although not all of them will work with all modems). For example, "ati1"
displays "Global Village Communications" on mine, and "ati4" displays "V.34
[28,800 bps] Data/V.17 [14,400 bps] Fax".
For dial-up Internet access, of course you need the "Config PPP" and "Mac
TCP" Control Panels, or one of the free alternatives, and individual pieces
of software for the vaious services. I regularly use Eudora 1.4.3 for Email,
Fetch 2.1 for FTP, and NSCA Telnet 2.7b4 for telnet access. I got
everything I needed to get started from a library book & disk, "Internet
Starter Kit for Macintosh" by Adam C. Engst (1994), but these items are
available from a number of download sources.
Hope that helps!
Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Countryman"
> The PowerBook 170 I'm playing with also has an internal modem. Any idea
> what software was needed to get those to work? I vaguely recall something
> about an 'Express' Modem that needed additional software...but am not sure
> anymore what that was, if there were other types of modems in these, or
> where to even look. What software was needed to add PPP or whatever to
> those old systems (I think this had 7.01 or maybe 7.1 originally?) to get
> the modem to work? Thanks in advance.
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