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- From: hfelix@sojourn1.sojourn.com (Harry Felix)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: DESPERATELY Need Sportster 14.4 AC Adapter Specs!
- Date: 1 Feb 1996 23:13:31 GMT
- Organization: Sojourn Systems. Lansing, MI (USA)
- Message-ID: <4erher$mtc@tkhut.sojourn.com>
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- bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com) wrote:
- : In article <juris.kaza-2801961401060001@dialup99-047.swipnet.se>,
- : Juris Kaza <juris.kaza@mailbox.swipnet.se> wrote:
-
- : | I am temporarily here at my Internet address in Sweden and I want to
- : | set up my old US Robotics Sportster 14,4 fax modem for my kids to use for
- : | e-mail. Unfortunately, when I moved to Latvia where I now live most of the
- : | time, the AC Adapter disappeared. I now have bought an adjustable
- : | transformer that can be set to 9 volts and it generates 500 milliamperes.
- : | Will the Sportster take this (I understand it operates at 9 volts or
- : | thereabout)? Also, what is the polarity of the socket? Is the little rod
- : | where the power supply attaches plus or minus. This can also be set on the
- : | transformer, or at least on one of the many sockets it comes with.
-
- : Check that voltage, I don;t think it's right. I saw a post here that
- : someone had made up a large 20v supply for a bunch of USR's and that
- : makes me suspect 9v isn't right. Someone got a voltmeter and a modem
- : not in current use?
- : --
- : -bill davidsen (davidsen@tmr.com)
- : Too many improbable things have happened to me, both good and bad.
- : I'm living on the edge of the bell shaped curve.
-