DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong) (11/23/88)
Hi - I am sorry there isnt any more appropriate news group to post this... Anyways, a friend of mine has a DataGeneral T2 (portable) in Europe, and we'd like to hook a modem to that machine... I asked Data General people to find out how much it would cost to get an internal modem - and they tell me it's $450.00 for 1200/300 and $500 for 2400/1200/300... their modem vendor is Microcomm and that's all they can tell me as they say they dont know anything about other vendor's modems that will work with the Data General portable PC's bus. My question is: Since I think it is outrageous to have to pay that much for a stupid modem, I would like to know if the standard internal modems we see on the market that support CCITT will work with that Data General machine in Europe (france)... what are the brands and who are the vendors... Also, does the Data General's portable have a serial port as a standard feature? If it does, what serial connector does it have? DB9 or DB25? Is it male connector or female connector? If it does have a serial port, then I htink the best and most economical way to install a modem is to get a Migent pocket modem... However, I dont know if Procomm will work with the Data General portable or not... Does anybody have any experience with teh DG T2 model? According to the guy I talked to at DG, the T2 is the same T2 they are selling in America except for the power supply. Thanks very much for your help! Bruce deadhead@cup.portal.com
nts0302@dsacg3.UUCP (Bob Fisher) (11/25/88)
From article <11670@cup.portal.com>, by DeadHead@cup.portal.com (Bruce M Ong): > Anyways, a friend of mine has a DataGeneral T2 (portable) in Europe, > and we'd like to hook a modem to that machine... Your friend may have legal problems depending on the country he/whe lives in. The German Bundespost (regulatory office for post and telephone) is very strict. Only Bundespost approved modems can be connected to their phone lines. This is not to say that other modems won't work - just that they are illegal. -- Bob Fisher (osu-cis!dsacg1!bfisher) 614-238-9071 (Autovon 850-9071) From the Internet: bfisher%dsacg1.uucp@daitc.arpa US Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center DSAC-TSX, Box 1605, Columbus, OH 43216-5002