Re: what is this card....

2011-10-27 Thread Alexander Gomes
Yes, that is the modem. Nothing more, nothing less. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-27 Thread Jonathan Smith
Thanks for all the feedback. Having gained access to a certain document, I can confirm that it is the modem. The loose wires are there to attached to the bluetooth and airport cards. On Oct 26, 9:12 am, QuoVadis eelcovanv...@home.nl wrote: Isn't that the 56K Modem? PowerMac G4's have something

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-26 Thread QuoVadis
Isn't that the 56K Modem? PowerMac G4's have something very similar, connected by two cables to the telephone jack (RJ45). Greetings, Eelco. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-26 Thread Doug McNutt
At 01:12 -0700 10/26/11, QuoVadis wrote: Isn't that the 56K Modem? PowerMac G4's have something very similar, connected by two cables to the telephone jack (RJ45). Perhaps picky, but just to avoid confusion that would be an RJ-11 jack. Six slots and probably only two wires used. -- --

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2011-10-26 Thread Jack Countryman
The g5 tower never had an internal modem from Apple. g3 and g4 towers did have one as an optionbut not the g5 or intel towers. If you wanted dial-up, you used an external usb modem (I've got one here in the MacBook case in the event I ended up needing it somewhere on the road). I'm

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-26 Thread QuoVadis
@Doug: Apologies, RJ11. RJ45 is Ethernet. *shame* @Jack: Then it cannot be an internal modem. Starting to really wonder what it might be! Greetings, Eelco. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-26 Thread Donald Watson
That's funny, my G5 has an internal modem and it was shipped that way from the factory. System info says it is a jump modem version 1. Regards, Don On Oct 26, 2011, at 12:35 PM, QuoVadis wrote: @Doug: Apologies, RJ11. RJ45 is Ethernet. *shame* @Jack: Then it cannot be an internal modem.

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-26 Thread J.M.P.Hissel
On 26-10-2011 17:39, Jack Countryman, jcoun...@mac.com, wrote: The g5 tower never had an internal modem from Apple. g3 and g4 towers did have one as an optionbut not the g5 or intel towers. Sorry, but I strongly believe you are wrong! According to Mactracker the first 3 generations G5 all

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2011-10-25 Thread Jack Countryman
That's where the bluetooth card usually goes. The one in the picture is the right size etc. for a bluetooth card, but I can't see enough detail in the picture to match chips/labels to what is on my g5 dual 2.7. If you aren't seeing the bluetooth symbol in the menubar, try going into system

Re: what is this card....

2011-10-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Oct 25, 2011, at 10:32 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: I have just acquired a G5 Powermac 2.5 GHz (june 2004). I booted her up and was intrigued to see if it had either the airport extreme or bluetooth optional extra, system profiler reckoned not. On inspection of the inside, I have found a