hi guys, i just picked up an old US Robotics "COURIER HST DUAL STANDARD with ASL" modem at a garage sale for 50cents it has a power button,2 rj-11(phone + line) and what seems to b a parallel port connection on the back i have a cable to connect it to a parallel port but how do i get windows to recognize this modem or am i using the wrong type of port, ive never heard of a parallel port modem before and i cant find the manual anywhere for it I want to use this modem (if possible to replace my internal 56k dial up modem if possible thx a lot Darin Luckie

Its not a parallel port. If it is a female socket it is a 24 pin D type Serial port. You need a serial cable with a 24 pin male connector one one end and a 9 pin female plug on the other. Or you can get a 9-24 pin adaptor. Stuart

"ive never heard of a parallel port modem before" Heh... there's a reason for that (and for the price - you were robbed) That modem is likely older than you are - stick to your 56K, that external modem would be much slower We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true

thanks but i got dsl (sympatico high speed) i was referring to my laptop which has no nic and i dont wanna set up a more complicated than i already got, its already taken me hours to set up all my permissions and all so i think ill get a cable and how am i robbed at 50cents? Darin Luckie

"if possible to replace my internal 56k dial up modem " If you're happy running at 14.4K, fine then 'robbed' in the sense that the component is nearly worthless, but I suppose a high roller such as yourself can spare it. At the very least, you've received 50¢ (maybe more) worth of education - you're no longer referring to it as a "parallel port modem" (heh) - odds are the adapter will cost more than the modem did We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true

thanks a lot ill ditch the modem and hey i learned something, thx btw anyone else here beta testing vista/office 2007 j/c i know its way off topic i think its great in vmware (controlled environnement) although vista still needs a lot of work Darin Luckie

If you can find a use for it, hang onto it - I've got a collection of crappier ones (but I didn't have to buy them) We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true