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sparkey

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Posted: 09:32am 10 Oct 2011

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i have a creative "modem..blaster" 28.8k modem with all the connection cables ...

question is is this thing of any use given the fact that i still "use dial up" it runs fine on xp and drivers are around but is there any point to this or should i just use it as i found it a door stopper...regards sparkey...///...///..

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Gizmo

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Posted: 09:58am 10 Oct 2011

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What do you want to do with it sparkey? Use it with the Maximite?

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sparkey

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Posted: 10:02am 10 Oct 2011

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yes sorry about that i did not speculate that in my post...regards...

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Posted: 10:09am 10 Oct 2011

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Then yes you could use it with the maximite for basic actions. You would need to set it up as a serial device, send commands to it from the Maximite, and read what it sends back. I think there is a basic terminal program for the Maximite here somewhere, that will get you started.

Modems use a special command set, Haynes I think it was called. Most commands start with AT. If you send "AT", short for attention, followed by a carrage return ( enter, or chr$(13) ), the modem will respond with a "OK". A command like ATDT 1234 will cause the modem to go off hook and dial 1234.

Look up modem AT commands on the internet.

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sparkey

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Posted: 10:17am 10 Oct 2011

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oh thank you looks like i am going to have to dug into some reading .....i actully though i would get shut ...no shot down in flames for even thinking that this would be possable....regards sparkey ...the modem has both serial and parralell connectors on it and i hav used it on the net a while ago ...any way thank`s...///...///

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Greg Fordyce
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Posted: 11:31am 10 Oct 2011

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Sparky, make sure you have a proper hardware modem. There are lots of softmodems that won't be as easy to use with the MM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softmodem

GregEdited by Greg Fordyce 2011-10-11

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