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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.
-
- Sure? Do you know some techniques of electronic engineering? One nice
- kind of circuit is a voltage doubler which does not need a transformer
- but does need AC. Many modems use such a circuit in order to get a
- symmetrical voltage supply, i.e. 9V AC -> -5V & +5V (with voltage
- regulators).
- BTW/1: Nearly every modem has a transformer ... it's used for galvanic
- division of telephone line and modem/PC.
- BTW/2: I had a good old german 2400 baud modem. That was the one and only
- modem I've seen so far using a DC voltage supply.
-
- So long,
- -+- Dirk -+-
-