In a message dated 3/19/03 6:35:44 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>Today I tried to help some people who just purchased a new external >>US Robotics 56k faxmodem getting connected to the Internet. Officialy >>it is a windows only modem, but since modems ought to be pretty >>generic I thought I could get this thing running on their Mac. >>I know there is nothing wrong with the modem port of this machine but >>for some reason the modem just wouldn't work. I threw everything I >>knew at it: modem script generator, freeppp instead of OT PPP, but it >>just didn't work. >>Does anyone know other ways to get a modem working? Is there a >>possibility that this modem won't work on a Mac? What can I do?
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