Apple USB Modem

Apple USB Modem is a small external modem dongle that was marketed by Apple.
==Description==
The Apple USB modem supports Macs running Mac OS X 10.4.3 "Tiger" or later with a USB 2.0 connection. It utilizes a chipset, but relies on a deprecated 32-bit driver that began exhibiting compatibility issues in Mac OS X Lion (10.7) and is no longer functional under macOS Catalina (10.15) and later.Activating a USB modem after Big Sur restart by Jeff_m, Apple Developer Forums. 2021-03-17.
This external modem resembles the Apple USB Ethernet Adapter, although the two use unrelated connection methods.
==Release==
The external modem first became available on October 12, 2005 as a bundled option with the iMac G5 with iSight camera as it no longer contained an internal modem.Null Modem: Dial-Up for Macs? by Glenn Fleischmann, TidBITS. 2005-11-07. It soon became available as a separate item.Cell and Dial-Up Modem Updates by Glenn Fleischmann, TidBITS. 2005-11-14.
==References==
==External links==
*Apple USB Modem at Apple (archived 2009-01-21, 2005-12-28)
**Apple USB Modem: FAQ at Apple Support (2008-09-15, archived 2008-10-02)
*Apple USB modem at the Computer History Museum
*Apple USB Modem at Red Dot
*Phone Amego User's Guide at Sustainable Softworks
* at Wikipedia
Category:Discontinued Apple peripherals
Category:2005 introductions