[comp.dcom.telecom] Modem Connections While Camping

"J. Philip Miller" <phil@wubios.wustl.edu> (05/29/90)

I am getting ready to take a trip west and will be camping for much of
the time.  Since I normally never leave home without a computer, I
have been contemplating how I can get my regular fix of
comp.dcom.telecom while I am gone.

I have the usual assortment of modular phone cords with alligator
clips and gizmoes to replace the mouthpiece of a standard phone, but
think that these are unlikely to work from the pay phones which are
usually about the best you can find in a campground.

I suppose that I could get a cellular phone, but I have not kept up
with the modem technology for use with cellular's.

Suggestions?


     J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
	 Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
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bakerj@ncar.ucar.edu (Jon Baker) (06/01/90)

In article <8426@accuvax.nwu.edu>, phil@wubios.wustl.edu (J. Philip
Miller) writes:

> I have been contemplating how I can get my regular fix of
> comp.dcom.telecom while I am gone.

Get professional help.

> I have the usual assortment of modular phone cords with alligator
> clips and gizmoes to replace the mouthpiece of a standard phone, but
> think that these are unlikely to work from the pay phones which are
> usually about the best you can find in a campground.
> Suggestions?

There used be something called an 'acoustic coupler', or some such.
Should work fine from a garden-variety pay phone.  Maybe try Radio
Shack; they might still sell them.  If not, try your local Museum of
Electronic Gadgetry That's So Old Nobody Knows What It Does Any More.