Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: Rob Warnock Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: 500/2500 Handsets Message-ID: <11197@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 21 Aug 90 22:30:39 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Reply-To: Rob Warnock Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 10 Approved: Telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@eecs.nwu.edu X-Telecom-Digest: Volume 10, Issue 586, Message 5 of 11 Just a guess: I suspect that the failure rate for carbon microphones is *far* higher than electrodynamic earphones, thus the "quick-change" connection. Rob Warnock, MS-9U/510 rpw3@sgi.com rpw3@pei.com Silicon Graphics, Inc. (415)335-1673 Protocol Engines, Inc. 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94039-7311