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From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
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Subject: Re: Connecting the NeXT box to phone lines -- Where is my RJ11??
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Date: 17 Oct 88 19:41:53 GMT
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In article <10639@reed.UUCP> mdr@reed.UUCP (Mike Rutenberg) writes:
>But where is the RJ-11?  That's the little plug that is on the back
>of your modem that connects it to the phone system.
>
>The DSP will make a wonderful 9600 bps modem, but only if it can
>connect to the phone line to do modem like things.  How is this
>intended to be done?  Did NeXT just run out of space on the system
>board?

The 9600bps modem was built into the early revs of the board, but was
later moved outside the case in a little box that just hangs there
like an appendage.  That was a concession to internationalization
because not all countries' modems and telco interfaces are the same,
so it seemed better to keep the portable-hardware signal processing
inside the case and the variant stuff on the outside.

This also leaves more flexibility for use as a FAX modem, etc.
-=-
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