TamaraBQuestion The Current Paradigm Premium Member join:2000-11-08 Da Bronx ·Verizon FiOS Ubiquiti NSM5 Synology RT2600ac Apple AirPort Extreme (2013)
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Re: [telephone modem] What works with OS-X & MBPr please?This is cool, thanks! I am planning a trip and was wondering if there was a way to do dialup from my rMBP. The USR looks like the trick. Would I need any special software to use this modem? Or does OSX deal with these modems natively via network? |
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Ugly
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2013-Apr-2 10:34 am
I'll add my 2 cents. From many choices on different websites, the US Robotics name is one of, if not the, most well known and respected in the dial-up modem category. i went with USR, even if it was a few dollars more. Thanks Dr. Drew! |
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2013-Apr-2 11:09 am
I am using the USR modem at work on a Mac mini...
While fugly and huge, it works great... It's really too bad that Apple abandoned support for their little modem which is about 1/4 of the size. |
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DocDrewHow can I help? Premium Member join:2009-01-28 SoCal Ubee E31U2V1 Technicolor TC4400 Linksys EA6900
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said by TamaraB: Would I need any special software to use this modem? Or does OSX deal with these modems natively via network?
It seems the USR needs additional modem scripts installed above 10.4, but the Zoom scripts are built-in. USR modem drivers: » www.usr.com/support/prod ··· rod=5637
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HiVolt Premium Member join:2000-12-28 Toronto, ON |
HiVolt
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2013-Apr-2 1:12 pm
Odd, I didn't need any modem scripts or drivers for the USR... Worked right out of the box in 10.8.2 |
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said by HiVolt:I am using the USR modem at work on a Mac mini...
While fugly and huge, it works great... It's really too bad that Apple abandoned support for their little modem which is about 1/4 of the size. Apple's modem was not really a hardware modem, it was software based and had issues being consistent. We have a client running a mac mini server and a 4Sight Fax server that just keeps working with a USR modem. |
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TamaraBQuestion The Current Paradigm Premium Member join:2000-11-08 Da Bronx ·Verizon FiOS Ubiquiti NSM5 Synology RT2600ac Apple AirPort Extreme (2013)
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said by DocDrew:said by TamaraB: Would I need any special software to use this modem? Or does OSX deal with these modems natively via network?
It seems the USR needs additional modem scripts installed above 10.4, but the Zoom scripts are built-in. Thanks! I would have opted for the USR. In an earlier life I used USR modems for both dialup and dialin. They were top of the line. But then again I was using Linux back then. I know Mac is very peculiar when it comes to compatibility. |
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said by HiVolt:Odd, I didn't need any modem scripts or drivers for the USR... Worked right out of the box in 10.8.2 Hmmmm..... Well, USR is a known entity to me. I have always had good service from their modems. A call to their sales folks is next. Thanks all!! There is a solution or two. |
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said by rugby:Apple's modem was not really a hardware modem, it was software based and had issues being consistent. We have a client running a mac mini server and a 4Sight Fax server that just keeps working with a USR modem. I am running an older mini with 10.6 for a incoming fax on the Apple modem for several years now without any issues whatsoever. The USR is running flawless on another mini with 10.8. |
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