Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!decwrl!mcnc!ecsgate!ecsvax!uncw!session From: session@uncw.UUCP (Zack C. Sessions) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: COM-CALL TM-2400 Modem Keywords: tandy,1100fd,modem,2400 Message-ID: <1011@uncw.UUCP> Date: 23 Feb 91 21:19:54 GMT Organization: Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington Lines: 22 I recently got a Tandy 100FD for my Mom (which I share with her! ). I also just got for it a COM-CALL TM-2400 Modem. This is a 2400 bps modem which plugs directly into the serial port of your computer. It is barely larger than a DB25-DB25 extendor plug and gets its power fromthe telephone line. I got it from a catalog company called Damark for under $70. Seems like a pretty good deal since it works very well, accepting the Hayes command set. The main thing I don't like about it is that it has a female DB25 connector on the computer side. My 1100FD has a DB9 male plug for COM1. This modem was touted as being very convenient for laptops and I agreed on face value, but for me to use it I have to have a DB25-DB9 step down adaptor. Plus since the combination of DB25male-DB9female is THE ONE combination of step down adaptors which Radio Shack sells! So I also have to have a DB9-DB9 gender changer. My question is this, don't most laptops use a DB9 connector for their standard com port? If so, this device should reflect that point of commonality. Zack Sessions ...!ecsvax!uncw!session Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com