Re: network card modems

tim edwards (tim@lifelike.com)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 11:33:48 -0800

>Has anyone played with "network card modems"? I grabbed a Megahertz 14.4
>network card/modem PCMCIA, from a laptop at work, and tried it in my ogo
>5 or 6 minutes of use. Are PCMCIA cards rated differently....some draw
>more amps than others? I really don't want to "fry" my ogo playing
>around with a PCMCIA card that draws more amps than my ogo can handle!
>
>JT
>trijoh@sinnfree.sinnfree.org

The Megahertz web page sez the ethernet modem has typical draws of
240mA for the thinnet version and 195mA for 10BaseT. Maximum draws are
375mA and 300mA respectively. I would guess that you would only hit the
maximums when the ether tranceiver is actually plugged into the net and
active. The draw for the XJ1144 modem is listed at 130mA.

tim

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