Re: [WinMac] Apple 166mhz PC Card-Use a mac modem....

Richard Laycock(rlaycock[at]earthlink.net)
Wed, 11 Nov 1998 21:06:34 -0800

Joe,

I've got a 7300 w/the 166 Pentium. Regardless of model (for Apple at least)
the modem access through the PC Setup COM port is limited in speed. Mac's
don't allow RS-232 RTS hardware handshaking. The max speed is 14.4 or there
abouts. I used to try it myself w/a Motorola 28.8.

The printer sharing is similarly fussy in my opinion. I've opted for
putting in the Apple Serial/Parallel card. It's a PCI card which adds a PC
serial port and an ECP parallel port. In my case I've got a separate modem
for the Mac and the PC. I've also got 2 cables, Mac or PC, going to our
Epson printer. The PC parallel port also allows me to use the hardware
dongle for a specialty CADCAM program I need.

This setup would more truly gauge the browser experience for a Win95
client. Further, (I may sound a little paranoid here...) the S/P card helps
to keep the Mac & PC functions separated. I think that's a good thing. I
use a shared drive for transfers but never enable the PC Clipboard. I get
less blue screens than on my PC at the office (can't remember the last one)
and the Mouse button problems I used to get (Kensington "Thinking Mouse")
are much rarer.

                        Richard L.

>Hello,
>
>I am building a web testing platform and I would love to be able use a
>7200/150 (os 7.6) with an apple 100mhz or 150mhz PC card running win9,
>rather than using two separate boxes. I will be attaching a 28.8 modem to
>completely simulate the web browsing experience of a standard consumer
>platform.
>
>Does anyone know if it is possible to use a modem on both the PC card and
>the Mac? My goal is to dialup and surf from within Win95, disconnect, and
>then dialup from the mac and then surf. How hard is to achieve this?
>
>Thanks,
>-Joe
>

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