Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!usc!rutgers!njin!roccella From: roccella@pilot.njin.net (Matthew Roccella) Newsgroups: comp.os.os9 Subject: Radio Shack Modem Pack Keywords: Modem Pack, OS-9, Y - cable Message-ID: Date: 1 May 90 21:09:48 GMT Distribution: na Organization: NJ InterCampus Network, New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 21 I've got another question about the COCO that I hope someone will be able to help me with. All you guys out there persuaded me to purchase a copy of OS-9. Now, I have another major decision which I need your help on. I have bought a Radio Shack Modem Pak, which I only paid $10.00 for when I bought my COCO 3. But to use it with my disk drive, I either need a MultiPak Interface or a Y - cable. A Y - cable is much cheaper than a Mul;tipak interface. My question is: Will a the Modem Pak work with a Y - cable and a disk drive? And second;ly, will the Y- cable, the diskdrive, and modem pak work under OS - 9? I hae heard that the Y- cable may cause unpredictable disk I/O and that there may be ROM adressing conflicts. Is this true? Also, that the Y-cable puts capacitance on the address lines of the COCO. If anybody out there has a y - cable pleae tell me how well does it, r doesnt't work and if it will work with DESKMATE TELECOM. Matthew R.