On Thu, Feb 13, 2025, 4:44 PM Rick Bensene via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> Correction to my posting of 2/10/2025 > > > > There was a company called Xircom that made parallel port modems. These > were full modems that were small enough that they plugged into a laptop > serial <parallel> port, and got their power from the laptop via the > external mouse/keyboard port. They had a feed-though connector so you > could still connect and external mouse/keyboard if you wanted. ... > So which is it? My memory of the time was they were RS-233 devices that got their power from the keyboard port via a pass through cable. If they were parallel port, the PP provides enough power... Xircom also had parallel port ethernet products... I never saw a modem that was connected that way from them. Warner > > -Rick > > >
