Apple USB Modem for older Macs?

On Nov 16, 2005, at 6:39 PM, Johan Solve wrote:

> I know Apple USB Modem requires 10.4.3, but would it work on older
> Macs as well, as long as they have a USB port? It's hard to find
> any information about that.
>
> <http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08316>

Apple's web site is fairly clear that it won't, except in one place
where rather than listing the new modemless models it says "Macintosh
computer without built-in modem" (And 10.4.3, or the 10.4.almost3
that shipped with the new modemless Macs initially, which lets out
old enough modemless Macs.)

I'm not at all sure I believe the web site, however (I do see the
possibility of conflict between two modems, one the internal USB that
was used for a long time but not as recently as the original Mini,
and the other the external USB).

For $50 I'm not going to experiment.

   --John

At 19.31 -0800 2005-11-17, John Baxter wrote:
>Apple's web site is fairly clear that it won't, except in one place
>where rather than listing the new modemless models it says "Macintosh
>computer without built-in modem"

I think the information on Apple's site (specifically AppleStore) is quite unclear about this...

Anyhow, I got this quote from another source who apparently is a developer with some insight in Apple's modems:

>Apple has recently introduced a new USB modem which is also based on
>the same Motorola SM56 unit found in recent Macs. The Apple USB modem
>is a small iPod-white-plastic dongle and it retails for 49 USD.
>Apple's driver for these modems is included in MacOS X 10.4.3. Any
>Mac with a USB port running 10.4.3 can use one or more of those
>modems

We'll try it and see.

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