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- From: doswald@xmission.com (David Oswald)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: neat old modem question...
- Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1996 05:54:03 GMT
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- calardin@unix.amherst.edu (Cliff Lardin) made the following comments:
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- >sorry about the earlier post...my terminal emulator is capricious.
-
- >anyway, i got this old 1200-baud modem for 3 dollars somwhere, but
- >it came without a power supply.
-
- >just in case someone out there has heard of this manufacturer/model
- >before, i thought i'd post and ask if anyone knows how many volts
- >of AC current the power supply outputs:
-
- > Turbolink 1200 (says "professional telecommunications modem"
- > on the side)
- > Model 103/212A
- > WRAM Computers Corp.
-
- >thanks for any information that might help me to make use of a
- >virtually free modem!
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-
- Hehe.... 1200? Look out! He's a commin' in fast!
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- Anyway, what makes you so sure that the input in the modem required
- AC? My suggestion would be to pull the thing open and see if there is
- any kind of label inside. If there's no "transformer" then there's a
- pretty safe bet that it needs DC. That's a start at least.
-
- Dave
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