a544@mindlink.UUCP (Rick McCormack) (09/11/90)
Try calling the manufacturer of your portable (or Toshiba, whichever comes first ;^>) and ask them for the part, or conversly, for the fax number of their european distributor, who should be able to help. Luck!
laver@siodo.UCSD.EDU (Mick Laver) (09/11/90)
My boss is taking a MacPortable with a FAX/Data modem to Nice in a few weeks. I've been trying to find a source for an adapter to allow him to use a RJ11 plug with a French phone jack (I'm just assuming I'll need one, and I can't really send him with wire strippers and a soldering gun.) I'm not having any luck with sources like the French consulate or travel agencies. Can anyone point me to a US source for such an adapter ... or at least in the right direction? Thanks much. Mick Laver mlaver@ucsd.edu
alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg) (09/11/90)
In article <343@siodo.UCSD.EDU> laver@siodo.UCSD.EDU (Mick Laver) writes: > My boss is taking a MacPortable with a FAX/Data modem to Nice in a few > weeks. I've been trying to find a source for an adapter to allow him to > use a RJ11 plug with a French phone jack (I'm just assuming I'll need > one, and I can't really send him with wire strippers and a soldering > gun.) I'm not having any luck with sources like the French consulate > or travel agencies. Can anyone point me to a US source for such an > adapter ... or at least in the right direction? > > Thanks much. > > Mick Laver > mlaver@ucsd.edu The reason you can't find one is because the phone systems are entirely different. As far as I recall (from the days I worked on Apple's Portable Modem 2400), Japan, Canada, and the US are similar, everybody else is different from that. You'd need a French modem. Apple makes a Portable Modem 2400 for foreign countries that takes an intelligent adaptor specific to the country. You might want to buy one over there, especially if they do make a US adaptor. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Alexander M. Rosenberg - INTERNET: alexr@apple.com - Yoyodyne - - 330 1/2 Waverley St. - UUCP:ucbvax!apple!alexr - Propulsion - - Palo Alto, CA 94301 - - Systems - - (415) 329-8463 - Nobody is my employer so - :-) - - (408) 974-3110 - nobody cares what I say. - -
boissier@irisa.irisa.fr (franck boissiere,externes ) (09/13/90)
From article <10148@goofy.Apple.COM>, by alexr@apple.com (Alexander M. Rosenberg): > In article <343@siodo.UCSD.EDU> laver@siodo.UCSD.EDU (Mick Laver) writes: >> My boss is taking a MacPortable with a FAX/Data modem to Nice in a few >> weeks. I've been trying to find a source for an adapter to allow him to >> use a RJ11 plug with a French phone jack (I'm just assuming I'll need >> one, and I can't really send him with wire strippers and a soldering >> gun.) I'm not having any luck with sources like the French consulate >> or travel agencies. Can anyone point me to a US source for such an >> adapter ... or at least in the right direction? >> >> Thanks much. >> >> Mick Laver >> mlaver@ucsd.edu > > The reason you can't find one is because the phone systems are entirely > different. As far as I recall (from the days I worked on Apple's Portable > Modem 2400), Japan, Canada, and the US are similar, everybody else is > different from that. You'd need a French modem. Apple makes a Portable > Modem 2400 for foreign countries that takes an intelligent adaptor > specific to the country. You might want to buy one over there, especially > if they do make a US adaptor. > Not exactly true. The basic telephony functions are the same, eg DTMF dialing ringing voltage, not the dial tones. Thus you may with the correct wiring, phone, send and receive faxes, but if you want to talk to a modem (eg dial in a computer) you ought to make sure that both ends understand each other. So if you want to call US, Japan or Canada with your device that's fine but you won't be able to get connection with a French installed modem. -- Franck BOISSIERE boissier@irisa.irisa.fr Prototyping Lab Manager boissier@ccettix.UUCP C.C.E.T.T. B.P. 59 boissier%irisa.irisa.fr@uunet.uu.net 35512 CESSON SEVIGNE CEDEX FRANCE