What on earth is this contraption for?

[mrsir2009]

What on earth is this contraption for? I suspected it might be a USB-to-eathernet converter, but when I tried plugging an eathernet cable into it the cable was too big. It didn't fit.

Any ideas of what it might be?

 

[flopticalcube]

Modem

 

[Eidorian]

Try a phone line. Don't make me wave my cane around.

It's a USB modem by the way.

 

[mrsir2009]

Wow, so that little thing is a full modem 🙂

BTW, I don't see the point really, as every computer that has USB would have a built in modem, wouldn't it?

I was thinking of using it with my Mac Classic, but it has Apple Serial bus, not USB 🙁

 

[flopticalcube]

No. No macs do anyhow.

 

[jav6454]

What on earth is this contraption for? I suspected it might be a USB-to-eathernet converter, but when I tried plugging an eathernet cable into it the cable was too big. It didn't fit.

Any ideas of what it might be?

That's called dial-up modem son... here is what they sounded like back in the day...click me

 

[mrsir2009]

Holon, so is:

A: That dongle a modem in itself.

B: It allows Macs without phone jacks to use dial up.

C: Something else.

Thanks for the help! 🙂

 

[pknz]

RJ11 to USB adapter for modems.

 

[Darth.Titan]

Holon, so is:

A: That dongle a modem in itself.

B: It allows Macs without phone jacks to use dial up.

C: Something else.

Thanks for the help! 🙂

A and B are correct.

 

[mrsir2009]

A and B are correct.

If I got an Apple serial Bus to USB converter, could I get on the dial up internet with my Macintosh Classic? Thanks!

 

[gr8tfly]

If I got an Apple serial Bus to USB converter, could I get on the dial up internet with my Macintosh Classic? Thanks!

You can use most RS-232 serial modems with an Apple serial (mini-DIN) to DB-9 adapter. Or, of course, an external modem made for Apple serial.

I'm not sure if you'll have success with your USB modem - I can't remember seeing any Apple serial to USB adapters.

 

[Washac]

Hi


I go for a modem I had one one myself it was just a little bigger than that one but yes they can be that small, and mine was not a dial up one either.

I can remember a friend of mine buying a modem back in the 80s when BBs were all the rage and it would fit in your pocket no problem.

 

[Golfwolf]

That's called dial-up modem son... here is what they sounded like back in the day...click me

Ah, I remember some of those sounds too well, thank God for hi speed internet.😀

 

[mrsir2009]

Ah, I remember some of those sounds too well, thank God for hi speed internet.😀

Yup, and the "GET OFF THE INTERNET I NEED TO CALL SOMEONE".