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From: jbn@glacier.STANFORD.EDU (John B. Nagle)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Modular Telephone Connector
Message-ID: <17723@glacier.STANFORD.EDU>
Date: 20 Sep 88 15:34:10 GMT
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Reply-To: jbn@glacier.UUCP (John B. Nagle)
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     Tip/ring polarity doesn't matter for nonelectronic dial phones, but
most Touch-Tone (tm) dials need the right polarity for their power.  
This is certainly true of the traditional Western Electric product.

					John Nagle