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From: houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca (Jean-Marie Houle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: using direct connection when an internal modem is installed
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Date: 31 Oct 90 19:58:04 GMT
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In article <26969@cs.yale.edu> ciancarini-paolo@cs.yale.edu (paolo 
ciancarini) writes:
> I have a macportable with an internal modem.
> I would like to use the 8-pin serial port
> for a direct connection to my Sun.
> Hovever, that port seems to be automatically disabled             
> when an internal modem is on board.
> Is there anyway of enabling that port
> keeping the modem in its place?
> Thank you for any suggestion

You can bypass the internal modem by selecting the "Portable" CDEV in the 
Control Panel.
There is a control for that.

Jean-Marie Houle                                  houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec              Tel (514) 652-8083
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