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- From: sw@nan.co.uk (Sak Wathanasin)
- Subject: Re: How to get modem to work in the UK
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- Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:58:06 GMT
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- In article <w+xOmBAfNrcxEwIn@brinee.demon.co.uk>, Brian Neenan
- <brian@brinee.demon.co.uk> wrote:
-
- > 15th April 1996, J Simpson posted:
- > >There are two types of RJ11 to BT phone plug cables sold in the UK.
- > >The commonest doesn't work (unless you cut it in two and re-wire it).
- > >Most vendors don't know the difference and sell you the commonest,
- > >wrong one, which gives NO DIAL TONE. The correct one is sold
- > >specifically as a modem, or as a replacement modem cable.
- > >
- > >The one sold by Tandy, InterTan, Radio Shack in the UK as a Replacement
- > >Line Cord 279-7037 -7038 -7039 7040 is one of those that needs
- > >rewiring, I think it's used for some phones and fax machines - out
- > >of the packet it won't, in spite of having the correct plugs, work
- > >with modems.
- > >
- >
- > What is the correct wiring sequence?
- > Where can you get the correct cable?
- >
-
- TeleAdapt (look in the phone book - they have US, UK, Oz offices and
- probably in other countries as well) stocks adaptors from any country to
- any other country. Not cheap, but not so expensive that it's worth messing
- about with the Tandy rubbish.
-
- The US-UK wiring is to connect the two outer wires of the US to the two
- inner connectors in the UK connector (or is it the other way round? Ages
- since I've done this; as I said it's not worth spending time to mess
- around... :-).
-
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