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- Path: sparky!uunet!psinntp!panix!oppedahl
- From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
- Subject: Re: USA modems in Europe
- Message-ID: <C0EL96.J1w@panix.com>
- Keywords: phone systems standards international
- Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC
- References: <3453@nlsun1.oracle.nl>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:00:42 GMT
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- In <3453@nlsun1.oracle.nl> rlyle@nl.oracle.com (Rob Lyle Wizard of Ozje) writes:
-
- >Anyone got any experiences with using USR modems (or any other 14.4K beasts)
- >built and bred for the States over in Europe? (Specifically Holland/Britain).
-
- The protocols (V.32, V.32bis, V.42, V.42bis) should work fine there.
- Long ago, when people did lots of work at 300 or 1200 or 2400, there
- were differing standards for US and Europe. Not at 9600 or 14.4 however.
- It's all the same.
-
- There is the mechanical issue of plugging in the modem to the phone line.
- You will have to buy or make a cable or an adapter. Britain has not one
- but several standard styles of phone jacks, and you have to have a cable
- or adapter to match. I found mine at Radio Shack in London (a couple
- of blocks from the Old Bailey, I recall). The Dutch phone plugs are, of
- course, different :).
-
- And you will have to be able to get electrical power. A small transformer-
- type power convertor will do nicely -- buy a 100-watt unit, for example.
-
- If you use touch-tone, that's it. No additional worries. If you
- use rotary dial, you may have to vary the make-break ratio (e.g. &P1)
- to 33%-67% rather than 39%-61% as in the US.
-
- Other than the above considerations, you should have no trouble at all!
-
-
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