Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!stevel From: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: pocket modems Message-ID: <8995@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 24 Jun 88 15:13:46 GMT References: <1951@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu> <5836@chinet.UUCP> <6792@cup.portal.com> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: stevel@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Steve Ligett) Distribution: na Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 9 In article <6792@cup.portal.com> ta2@cup.portal.com writes: >I have a Touchbase Systems Worldport 2400. It's about the size of a >cigarette box, runs on 9 volt battery, ... Why do all these tiny modems need batteries? I've got an old UDS modem (not pocket-size) that derives its power from the phone line. Can't these do that? Steve Ligett steve.ligett@dartmouth.edu or (decvax harvard ihnp4 linus)!dartvax!steve.ligett