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| Strange thing I found out in the rain.. | |
Posted by: MassiveBarry on 2011-11-08 08:19:38 It was just sitting with some old boxes, literally in the street. IDK how long its been out there but its soaked so I'm gonna let it dry a little before powering it up. Weird thing is I can't find any info or drivers about it on the net. I'll post back here when the drying is complete :-x | |
| Posted by: Bunsen on 2011-11-08 08:28:25 It may be worth unscrewing the case to let it dry thoroughly, and leave it for a few days, somewhere warm. On top of the fridge at the back is good. | |
| Posted by: Dog Cow on 2011-11-08 09:59:22 It's a Hayes-compatible, 1200 baud modem, from the mid-1980s. It will work with an Apple II or a Macintosh. | |
| Posted by: MassiveBarry on 2011-11-08 12:46:23 Thanks for the info gents ^ I got impatient and dried the inside with a hairdryer set on cold }🙂 It powers up, pushing the buttons makes the lights do stuff. I'll plug it into my SE as soon as I find an appropriate cable (I'm POSITIVE I have one somewhere). Anyone know where I might find a driver for it? I'm running 7.0.1. | |
| Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2011-11-08 16:09:50 It's a modem. It doesn't use a "driver". You just access it as a serial device, and issue it commands via serial connection. Example: PPP software would issue all the commands automatically, you just tell it the phone number, and it handles all the commands. Example: Terminal software would just open a straight terminal connection, and you'd enter "ATDT 8005551212" (for example) to dial a phone number to make the terminal connection (in this case, to the phone number 800-555-1212, obviously you'd replace it with the number of the system you are connecting to.) Once the modem makes its connection, you'd have your terminal connection to the remote machine. | |
| Posted by: olePigeon on 2011-11-08 19:29:09 You might need a modem script, though. The commands for setting the handshaking and stuff weren't the same for all modems. | |
| Posted by: CelGen on 2011-11-09 16:11:55 Wow. I have never seen that style of enclosure on an Apple Product. | |
| Posted by: MassiveBarry on 2011-11-10 07:50:24 I agree the enclosure is a strange one, I'm getting a DSLR from college tomorrow so expect some much better pics of the case/inside. Stranger thing is the CRAZY amount of rfi it emits 8-o | |
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