Telecom 2.3: Fax for PC Card Modems Read Me Error & Info (2/97)

The Telecom 2.3 Fax for PC Card Modems ReadMe incorrectly states that the TDK-DF2814 model has been tested for compatibility. The Read Me file also does not give much information about the PC Cards mentioned as being tested.


The following is an excerpt from the Telecom Software 2.3: Fax for PC Card Modems Read Me file:

"The Apple Telecom software should be compatible with most fax class 2 compatible PC Card modems. The software has been specifically tested for compatibility with the cards listed below:

* COM1-MC217 and MC218 models.
* PNB-Danube V32bis and Danube V34 models.
* TDK-DF2814 model."


Corrections to and Clarifications for the Read Me File
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CORRECTION
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* TDK-DF2814
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TDK reports that their TDK-DF2814 PC card modem is class 1 and NOT class 2. Users have reported, when configuring Fax Terminal by selecting Select Auto Answer, quitting Fax Terminal and then re-launching it; they receive an error message that the modem is not a Class II modem.

Users can, however, use the TDK-DF2814 modem for data without problem. This has been verified with some data communications-based products.


CLARIFICATIONS
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* COM1-MC217 and MC218
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The MC217 and MC218 cards are made by a company called COM One. The MC217 is a 14.4 kbps data/fax PC card and the MC218 is a 28.8 kbps data/ 14.4 kbps fax PC Card. An update is available on the COM One web page for the MC218 which upgrades it to a 33.6 kbps data modem.


* PNB-Danube V32bis and Danube V34
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The PNB-Danube cards were made by a company called P.N.B. in Suresnes, France. The Danube V32bis is a 14.4 kbps data/fax card and the Danube V34 is a 28.8 kbps data/ 14.4 kbps fax card.

In 1993 US Robotics acquired 100 percent of the common stock of Suresnes, France-based P.N.B. s.a., a designer and manufacturer of data communications products for IBM-compatible personal computers and workstations and a leading international supplier of products for portable computers.

For more information about these cards, you should contact US Robotics' French division, U.S. Robotics s.a., in Villeneuve dıAscq, France.


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Article Change History:
11 Feb 1997 - Added clarifications info.
Published Date: Feb 19, 2012