rfrye@netxcom.UUCP (Rob Frye) (10/19/88)
In article <10297@eddie.MIT.EDU> jbs@eddie.MIT.EDU (Jeff Siegal) writes: >>[... it] was later moved outside the case in a little box that just hangs >>there like an appendage. [...] This also leaves more flexibility for use as >>a FAX modem, etc. > >I don't see why this would be true. Every FAX I've ever seen has an >RJ-11, just like every modem I've ever seen. You missed the point. USOC RJ11 is a US (Bellcore?) standard, *not* an international one. The physical layer connector was put into a changable hardware box; the signal handling smarts are all in the NeXT itself. Perhaps you've only seen modems, etc made for the US, no matter where they are manufactured. Modems, fax machines and normal phones (POTs) don't *all* have that same physical connector... -- Rob Frye NetExpress Communications, Inc. Phone: (703)749-2234 1953 Gallows Road, Suite 300 uucp: uunet!netxcom!rfrye Vienna, VA 22180