Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!molokai!werner From: werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: use your own modem ?! (Re: UUCP in Germany) Summary: maybe you can use your own modem instead of the one from the "Post"?! Message-ID: <2561@molokai.sw.mcc.com> Date: 30 Jun 89 07:49:58 GMT References: <3202@wheat-chex.ai.mit.edu> <103726@felix.UUCP> Organization: MCC, Austin, TX Lines: 20 In <103726@felix.UUCP>, kenny@felix.UUCP (Kenny `ophidiomaniac' Paul) writes: > > I'm not quite sure how a German site would (legally) connect to a > > modem in the US. I would assume that there are no Bundespost approved > > modems that understand US (e.g. Bell) modem protocols... > Through the proper channels, our German office was able to get a 1200 > baud modem that had no problem speaking to our Racal-Vadics. > ...however, it was evident within minutes that there was no way we could > transfer large amounts of data. that kind of SCREAMS for the "solution" to replace the "approved" modem with one of your own choice, doesn't it ... :-) -- --------------------------> please send REPLIES to <------------------------ INTERNET: uhrig@mcc.com (if unavailable: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu) UUCP: ...!milano!werner ALTERNATIVE: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu OR werner@utastro.UUCP