"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 phil@wubios.WUstl.edu - Internet (314) 362-3617 uunet!wuarchive!wubios!phil-UUCP (314) 362-2693(FAX) C90562JM@WUVMD - bitnet
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.