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Posted by mrjake on 06-23-2001 06:17 PM:

New Platinum user needs modem advice

Hey Everyone. Just bought a Platinum and need some advice on a modem. I use Earthlink as my ISP and was wondering if I could get away with using the Thin Modem Plus with the extra 8 megs of memory. Is there a better option for me. I really don't want to go wireless. I fly for a living so I spend a lot of time in Hotels with dedicated phone lines so thats not a problem. How about 3rd party software? Thanks for any info.

Mr Jake

Posted by yardie on 06-23-2001 07:29 PM:

Hey

Hey MrJake!

Welcome to the board! I recommend that you get the Thincom+. It comes with everything you need to use it out of the box including e-mail and web browsing software!

Posted by mrjake on 06-23-2001 07:41 PM:

Sounds Great

Thanks for the reply. Is there any problem with using my Earthlink account with the thin modem +?

Posted by mcristia on 06-23-2001 07:59 PM:

Re: Sounds Great

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Originally posted by mrjake
Thanks for the reply. Is there any problem with using my Earthlink account with the thin modem +?

Shouldn't be. You probably want to keep track of local Earthlink dial-up phone numbers for the cities you are in, so you won't have LD charges.

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Posted by Pathdoc on 06-23-2001 09:04 PM:

Re: Hey

quote:
Originally posted by yardie
I recommend that you get the Thincom+. It comes with everything you need to use it out of the box including e-mail and web browsing software!

I second the recommendation. I use my ThinModem Plus when out of town on business to check my email. I see the advantages of this module over the other modems being 1) it runs off of the Visor's batteries 2) it is small and 3) 8 megs of additional memory.

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Posted by flips13 on 06-25-2001 03:48 PM:

I will also give a vote for the ThinModem +.

I no longer carry a laptop when I travel, as 90% of the time I only used it for doing e-mail.

The TM+ comes with an OK Mail client (One-Touch) and a decent browser (Browse-it). They are both stored in the RAM on the Springboard, so they won't use any additional internal RAM. You are still free to use any other software you want, as the modem just makes a simple PPP TCP/IP connection to your ISP.

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Posted by GSR13 on 06-25-2001 04:16 PM:

I have the original ThinModem and love it. I use it with my Prism and Earthlink is my ISP as well. It works great. I second the suggestion for keeping up with the Telephone numbers so you do not make Long Distance calls. I do wish I had the 8MB of memory in mine. That is the only thing that could improve it.

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Posted by mrjake on 06-25-2001 06:46 PM:

You guys are the best!

My minds made up. Thanks for all the help.

Posted by btabatow on 08-19-2001 02:30 AM:

External modem

There is one other way to go, if you want to use an eternal modem such as the US Robotics 56K. You can connect to it with an RS232 data cable such as the PDCH-M9D-6 with a special adapter to adapt 9 pins to the 25 on the modem.

The PDCH-M9D-6 is available from www.pcables.com.

Posted by GSR13 on 08-22-2001 04:16 AM:

Re: External modem

quote:
Originally posted by btabatow
There is one other way to go, if you want to use an eternal modem such as the US Robotics 56K. You can connect to it with an RS232 data cable such as the PDCH-M9D-6 with a special adapter to adapt 9 pins to the 25 on the modem.

The PDCH-M9D-6 is available from www.pcables.com.

Apparently, the US Robotics 56K can never die...

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Posted by btabatow on 08-23-2001 12:35 AM:

Eternal modem

Yep, that's why I've always said it's always better to get the eternal modem instead of the internal kind. You get so much more usage out of it!

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