hubin@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Donald C. Hubin) (09/08/90)
A friend of mine is going to Scotland for the Autumn and will have
access to the network there if he can get his external modem to work
there. I know that the voltage is 240VAC 50Hz in the UK but it is
easy to find a cheap converter to solve that problem. There are two
remaining problems (I think ;-) ):
1. The phone jacks are different. I would love to be able to make
up the appropriate phone cables for him here, but I need to know what
type of jack is used in Scotland. Does anyone know an ID number for
the jacks (like the RJ-11 number) that would allow me to get the jacks
over here and spare him running around there to do this? I would
greatly appreciate any help on this.
2. I have gotten conflicting information about the electrical
compatibility of the phone lines. I have another friend who bought a
laptop with an internal modem in the US and used it in England with no
difficulties (so far as I know) except for the need to have a special
telephone cable made up. But others have told me that there are
significant electrical differences in the phone line voltage or
something. If anyone *know* what the story is on electrical
compatibility of the phone lines, I would be very grateful for a
reply.
My friend is leaving on September 13th, so this issue is moot after
that; he'll be on his own over there. But I would appreciate any help
I could get before that.
E-mail is probably better, since this isn't an issue that is likely to
interest a lot of people, but I will be following the discussion here
if anyone wants to post a follow-up.
Thanks,
Donald C. Hubin | Depart. of Philosophy, The Ohio State University
| Columbus, OH 43210 USA (614)292-7914
hubin+@osu.edu | or hubin@hpuxa.ircc.ohio-state.edu or hubin@ohstmvsa