rick@clark.edu (Rick Randall) (03/12/91)
Basic question! Will IBM modems work on an AMIGA 2000HD. I have a friend that says his modem plugs into his mouse port on his IBM. Does this port resemble the Serial port of the AMIGA? Any help would be appreciated. Please respond by E-mail. Rick
Erik.Funkenbusch@p7.f55.n282.z1.edgar.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) (03/15/91)
RR> From: rick@clark.edu (Rick Randall) RR> Path: RR> edgar!kksys!cs.umn.edu!spool.mu.edu!samsung!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.co RR> lroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!rpi!uwm.edu!ogicse!clark!rick RR> RR> Basic question! Will IBM modems work on an AMIGA 2000HD. I have a friend RR> that says his modem plugs into his mouse port on his IBM. Does this heheheheheheheh..... mouse port.... hehheheheheheheh... leave it to an IBM'er to call a serial port a mouse port.. heh.. that's funny. the only "mouse ports" on an ibm are bus mice, and modems wouldn't work through those. RR> port resemble the Serial port of the AMIGA? Any help would be RR> appreciated. Please respond by E-mail. I believe i just answered that. External modems are External modems.. period. well, there are modems made for specific archetectues like IBM mainframes... but their different. RR> RR> RR> Rick RR> RR> --- Fred-Uf 1.0[BETA] RR> * Origin: Twin Cities Public Access USENET-FidoNet Gateway (1:282/22)
root@maynhbd.UUCP (Super user) (03/23/91)
In article <669038981.1@mmug.edgar.mn.org>, Erik.Funkenbusch@p7.f55.n282.z1.edgar.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes: > RR> Basic question! Will IBM modems work on an AMIGA 2000HD. I have a friend > RR> that says his modem plugs into his mouse port on his IBM. Does this > > heheheheheheheh..... mouse port.... hehheheheheheheh... leave it to an > IBM'er to call a serial port a mouse port.. heh.. that's funny. the > only "mouse ports" on an ibm are bus mice, and modems wouldn't work > through those. > Don't be so quick to judge the nomenclature diffs. In fact, more serial mousies are used in the IBM world than bus mousies (price, no card, et al), so his friend may be a novice who just knows that his modem plugs into the same port (or type of port) that his mouse uses. Also, some newer systems provide a PS/2 compatible mouse port that is a serial port as well (Microsoft shipd their new serial mouse with a 9-pin to PS/2 adapter for these systems). No flame intended, just sometimes things aren't as straight forward as they seem. Tim Jones ...!uunet!maynhbd!timj or timj@maynhbd.UUCP