Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!abcfd20.larc.nasa.gov!lll-winken!cert!netnews.upenn.edu!dsinc!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!accuvax.nwu.edu!nucsrl!telecom-request From: ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Eastern Bloc Phone Hookups Message-ID: <15351@accuvax.nwu.edu> Date: 10 Dec 90 19:38:17 GMT Sender: news@accuvax.nwu.edu Organization: TELECOM Digest Lines: 12 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 876, Message 3 of 9 What is required to hook US phone equipment (eg, answering machines, modems) to phone lines in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union? Do you just need to change the plugs and/or sockets, or are there electrical differences too (aside from the 110/220 VAC supply)? Does anyone know of a source for Soviet-compatible hardware in NYC? Thanks, Peter