Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!weaver From: weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Weaver) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: modem connections Message-ID: <15195@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 6 Jun 88 20:11:44 GMT References: <8806061433.AA02931@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Organization: OSU College of Business...where the fun starts Lines: 38 In article <8806061433.AA02931@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> SHAFFERJ@BKNLVMS.BITNET ("Jim Shaffer, Jr.") writes: >Can anyone tell me if it's OK to plug a modem into the handset cord on a >telephone? Only if the modem specifically wants it that way. Usually modems (like the Atari 1030, XM301 and SX212 and nearly all Hayes-compatible modems) want a line-in from the modular plug (RJ-11) that you are familiar with from home, perhaps. Dire circumstances may await your modem if it wants a line-in. Some older modems worked via the handset cord (in a way similar to the old acoustic couplers) but most simply want the line-in. >I'm asking this because the modular phone in my new dorm room is >hard-wired into the wall. Arrrghhhh. (No, I can't ask them to re-wire it. >You're not supposed to have computers on the phone line in a multi-occupant >room. True, but you can go ahead and wire in a modular plug anyway--if you are willing to accept the consequences of the dorm staff finding out and/or the telco. Actually, depending upon what phone you have, you can install/ deinstall your contraband modular plug without them knowing about it! If you are interested further, drop me a line describing the phone you have and the particular installation of the phone. >Everybody does it anyhow, at least in the dorms with jacks instead >of hardwired phones. Arrrghhhh, again!) I did, but then OSU installed phones with extra modular jacks :-) DISCLAIMER: My views represent me and not those of OSU, the OSU Residence and Dining Halls nor the OSU College of Business; nor the views of any of the Communist governments of the Warsaw Pact. (Which are similar to all the above.) -- Andrew Weaver | weaver@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu OSU College of Business | ...ihnp4!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!weaver