Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!west!texsun!letni!rwsys!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk From: lrk@k5qwb.UUCP (Lyn R. Kennedy) Newsgroups: sci.electronics Subject: Re: Modem over cordless phone? Message-ID: Date: 26 Mar 91 15:16:00 GMT References: Organization: Radio Amateur k5qwb Lines: 29 cb1p+@andrew.cmu.edu (Chris Beasley) writes: > Having just purchased one of those spiffy new 5000 series > cordless phones from AT&T I am now wondering if there is a > way to hack it so I can use my modem and laptop out on the The obvious problems are that the cordless phone is four wire and probably different impedances from you modem. Assuming you can get the modem to do four wire, then you have to get the levels close enough. I doubt the off-hook stuff would be worth fooling with, you can manually turn the thing on and get a dial tone. Then if your modem will dial in four wire mode, you should be able to originate calls. Forget answering. The ringer won't work right into a modem. > Am I totally crazy? > Beez. Yes (since you asked) :-) But let us know if you succede. --------- lrk@k5qwb.UUCP lrk%k5qwb@kf5iw.UUCP 73, utacfd.utarl.edu!letni!rwsys!kf5iw!k5qwb!lrk Lyn Kennedy K5QWB @ N5LDD.#NTX.TX.US P.O. Box 5133, Ovilla, TX, USA 75154 -------- "We have met the enemy and they are us." Pogo -----------------