Re: What is the Phone Plug for...???

In article <0001HW.C43BDE6A0004BC5DB01AD9AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:53:07 -0500, Barry Margolin wrote (in article
<barmar-3B24AD.20530728042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <0001HW.C43BD32900021915B01AD9AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:45:28 -0500, Steve W. Jackson wrote (in article
<stevewjackson-EDDB32.13452728042008@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

In article <0001HW.C43B80B80051B4A4B01AD9AF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:11:42 -0500, The Translucent Amoebae wrote (in
article
<1cbfd701-9782-4a62-a194-73a956507e2b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>):

If i have to get an External USB Modem ( That plugs into a USB Port )
to access dialup Internet Services, What is the Phone Plug next to the
Power Plug for...???

Thanx!

The phone plug is for sending and receiving faxes.

That wouldn't make much sense given that faxes are sent via fax modem.

Seems to me that any Mac model with a phone jack is one of those that
still had a modem built in. The OP doesn't say what model Mac is
involved, but it's also possible that the jack in question is Ethernet
and is being mistaken for a phone jack.

I assumed that the OP properly identified a phone jack, suggesting that
the Macintosh in question was one of those with a built-in modem.

So you assumed that he properly identified a phone jack, but incorrectly
understood that he needed to get an external modem. Why not the other way
around, which would be consistent with all the Macs made in at least 5
years, I think?

Actually I assumed that the OP was somehow under the assumption that an
external modem was needed regardless of the computer having the phone jack. I
also assumed that the OP could properly distinguish between a phone jack and
an ethernet jack.

OK, how about this: are there any Mac models that have something that
looks like a phone jack next to the power cord connector?

My guess is he's looking at something like a MacBook, where the MagSafe
connector and Ethernet port are next to each other. On my older Mac, an
iBook G4, the power plug is on the opposite side from all the other
connectors, and I think this is how most of the older laptops have been
arranged. I don't recall the connector arrangements on most desktop
Macs, but most of the ones I remember don't have the power plug near
most of the other connectors.

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