--- Forwarded Message from Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2002 19:23:10 -0400
>From: Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6802 modem question for Mac 6500
>In-reply-to: <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>

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I would try a cable modem (or DSL modem) in the ethernet slot first.
If that service doesn't exist for the senior or the cost is too high on
a fixed income, POTS modems (Plain Old Telephone Service) can
do a slow but often adequate job.  56K modems are still the highest
speed.  With a good PPP connection and good telephone line quality,
great for e-mail and basic web browsing, painful for downloading big
files of any kind.  External modems for that vintage Mac still exist 
(using
the old Mac serial port).  If MacConnection/Warehouse/Mall doesn't have
one in stock a place like Otherworld Computing or the place in 
Shreveport,
LA (same place?) should.

Cheers, Mike

On mardi, septembre 3, 2002, at 04:37 , LLTI-Editor wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from "Dennis D. Magnuson" 
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>> Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2002 14:56:51 -0700
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> From: "Dennis D. Magnuson" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: modem question for Mac 6500
>
> LLTI Colleagues:
>
> I have a colleague who has obtained a MAC 6500 and wants to know
> about using it for accessing the Internet at home for a senior
> citizen.  The unit has OS 8.6.1 and originally had an ethernet card
> installed--not a modem card.
>
> What is needed is some advice as to how to get this unit connected to
> the internet at a reasonable cost (external or internal) and what is
> the best "speed" that can be expected?
>
> Thanks for any help you might provide.
>