Re: [NTLK] Newton dial-up in the UK

From: Marco Mailand (Newton2k1_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue May 28 2002 - 11:56:54 EDT

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> you probably know this but uk phone cables are not crossover so you
> can't just unplug the phone cable and plug it into your modem. You
> need a modem crossover cable.
To be honest: I can't believe that the two wires have to be crossed.
Nevertheless the analog phone system operates with DC, each modem should be
insensitve against wrong polarity at the input lines. That is at least what
I observed with my modems. They work with swapped wires too.

Marco

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