Path: ...!news.nobody.at!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jim whitby Newsgroups: sci.electronics.repair Subject: Re: 3Com USR 56 k Sportster modems. Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 17:51:15 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 19:51:15 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1461f7743e274119f751ed7468ad8cd7"; logging-data="3293658"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19E+rmWNMioxdLeY0sNRUMCiNp+gOJyqic=" User-Agent: Pan/0.149 (Bellevue; 4c157ba git@gitlab.gnome.org:GNOME/pan.git) Cancel-Lock: sha1:4S2HUbNcBx3r4SYJCeBD2RSYAFI= X-Face: 'd|=lF%bYC^5t0@gyc[dBY6e`*9=7%4L:`xOBZam#J*j/9GZh=l&xcbJyuGun(*s \4oF-ng Sylo&)70,bE_K]WwpPH'v/&uI6xq.c'l(DORW{gm,W:@N!?uVwKI?"'yY|>Jxa2 q(7fNM8Kd|2+2zF m&GrR,3#7rFZ3,VhH{,=E`8N*t|raH,8{"h+g#hDE,>@PWE}xa4MzHE v&eOT#B]f,#\()-=w(x@xl@ s%wWrtkCSH]c&ev:?m-7)(g|s#\+#h Bytes: 2200 On Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:02:25 -0400, legg wrote: > On 24 Apr 2024 15:45:23 -0700, peter@easthope.ca wrote: > >>Hello again, >> >>I have two or three USR Sportster modems. Well made and would probably >>work for decades if need be. >> >>Seems somewhat wasteful to recycle. Is there a practical current use? >> >>Thanks, ... P. > > Don't they plug into a laptop PCMCIA port? NO. They (are) were standalone modems with 25 pin connectors and a phone jack. Dip switch settings, About 7 inches by 4 inches by 1 inch. Wall wart Power. > > That could be the issue, re continued deployment anywhere. > > RL -- Jim Whitby Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed. Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness ---------------------- Mageia release 9 (Official) for x86_64 6.6.28-server-1.mga9 ----------------------