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Stephen, I just did this today (my internal modem died yesterday) you need to disable the modem port and enable the serial port. Then you need to get a serial cable which has an RS-232 connector on the other end. Actually, these cables are not very hard to find. Goo luck, Lee //--- forwarded letter ------------------------------------------------------- > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Date: Tue, 27 Aug 96 17:57:27 -0700 > From: "Stephen Mosley" <mosleys@UCS.ORST.EDU> > To: thinkpad@cs.utk.edu > Subject: External Modem on TP701 > > The message about external CDROM drives and the C&C game every now and > then reminds me of this question: has anyone out there used an external > (non-pcmcia based) modem on their TP? The reason I ask is because I have > a 28.8 USR sportster (or access to one) that I would like to hook up to > the port replicator on my TP for times when the internal 14.4 just won't > do. How do you hook up a 25 pin modem to that strange nine pin thingy on > the port replicator?!!? The bolts hanging out of it get in the way, and I > don't know what kind of converter or adapter exists that will let me hook > it up! Is the modem port on the TP port replicator a total kludge or what!? > > Or, perhaps it's just me... > > ========== > stephen mosley > mosleys@ucs.orst.edu > "Steadfastly fulfilling minimum performance requirements for over a fifth > of a century." > ||-----------------------------------------|| || Lee Laniear || || laniear@ibm.net OR laniear@netcom.com || || "Free advice is seldom cheap" || || 69th Ferengi Rule of of Acquisition || ||------------------