WHAT IF YOU GET KIDNAPPED AND ALL YOU HAVE ON YOU IS YOUR NEWTON? YOUR CAPTORS HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE ONLY PHONE IN THE ROOM, BUT WITH YOUR NEWTON AND A LITTLE INGENUITY, YOU COULD HOOK UP YOUR NEWTON TO AN EXISTING PHONE LINE WITH YOUR X-JACK! BE LIKE MACGUYVER! GO A-TEAM ON THEIR KIDNAPPING BUTTS! YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! HANNIBAL WANTS YOU TO OWN A MODEM! B.A. WANTS YOU TO OWN A MODEM! FACE AND MURDOCK WANT YOU TO OWN A MODEM! AND YES - MACGUYVER WANTS YOU TO OWN A MODEM, TOO!
If I had any need for that modem, you can bet I'd buy it...