???? – 1992retired
Apple IIGS
“Graphics and Sound, grace and speed: the last and loveliest of the Apple II line.”
“It dialed up one last time and nobody picked up”
The Apple USB Modem was a tidy little brick combining a 56 kbit/s data modem with a 14.4 kbit/s fax, in the classic no-frills Apple style. It arrived to fill the hole left when the internal 56k modem was dropped on the October 12, 2005 iMac G5 revision. Easy to mistake for its cousin, the USB Ethernet Adapter, but this one made the sweet music of dial-up.
Easy to mistake for its cousin, the USB Ethernet Adapter, but this one made the sweet music of dial-up. As broadband took over and Apple stopped building modems into its machines, the little external box quietly signed off. It leaves behind fond memories of screeching handshakes and the patience that once came free with every connection.
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“Graphics and Sound, grace and speed: the last and loveliest of the Apple II line.”
“Under $1,000, over-delivered — the little Mac everyone could finally afford.”
“Fastest Mac of its day, last of the Snow White line — it left on its own terms”