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On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, jesse montrose wrote: > This is a good point, I don't use any other pc cards, so it hasn't been a > problem. Worth noting also is that Megahertz has a combo modem/ethernet card... > > I still wish these things were built in.. I understand the reasons they're > not, but it'd be nice :) Well I shure don't understand! It's hard to believe that the majority of PC users would opt for no modem, esp. the mobile users and even more so the sub-notebook users. > > At 04:23 AM 7/28/96 +0900, Jeffrey Friedl wrote: > >I have to admit that seeing the MegaHertz xjack modem was one of the few > >tims in my life when I was truly dumbstruck by the ingunity of what can be > >made these days. It's functional, cute, and convenient. > > > >But in practical use, there's one very, very important downside. It's > >difficult to use it with many other PCMCIA cards that need access to the > >outside (such as my CD-ROM one with a cable to the drive). The telephone > >cord extends both above and below the xjack. It's almost impossible, for > >example, to use both it and my Adaptec SlimSCSI card. If I really wrench > >the thing, I can ``make it fit'', but this is not an optimal solution. > > > >I now use a different modem card. > _____________________________________________________ > jesse montrose <jesse@spine.com> http://www.spine.com > After seven years, I was sent home to my family. > Little man, I give the watch to you. > >