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- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 11:04:56 EDT
- From: ghadsal@american.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
- Subject: Re: Motorola "Advisor" Pager Question
- Message-ID: <telecom12.693.5@eecs.nwu.edu>
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- Steve,
-
- To answer your question concerning the Motorola Alphanumeric pager
- I'll make a couple assumptions; the pager is a PMR2000, and your
- service is a for-profit company. BTW - I am not an Motorola empployee.
-
- The PMR2000 has three small holes on the bottom of the unit that look
- like contacts for something ... well the PMR2000 has a couple optional
- devices; a printer, and charger, and a printer charger. As to which
- does what I cannot help you, but I am confident that someone at the
- paging company can; if its a local "Ma and Pa" company you are likely
- not to get any help, but if its a larger service (ie: Bell Operating
- Co like PacTel, Bell Atlantic, NYNEX, etc) or one of the larger
- private services like MetroComm, PageNet or even the national company
- called SkyTel (MTel) you can expect that *someone* knows how the thing
- works.
-
- If you still are not satisfied I would snag the local yellow pages (or
- OneBook) and find the nearest MOTOROLA SALES office (not a dealer).
- If your not close to one email me ... I'll see what I can do; no
- promises or timelines.
-
- A long time ago I helped some people at a non-profit agency in Glen
- Burnie, MD called Volunteers for Medical Engineering (VME) with
- similar, but unique challenges ... haven't spoken with anyone since
- moving away. Again, no promises.
-
- Also, your friends that have PC's and modems can alphanumerically page
- you as well using commercial software; I have a *demo* copy for ONE
- alpha USER and ONE paging service I'd be happy to pass on.
-
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