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Re: Serial!
8,6,or 4 conductor? You have your digital phones, network phones, and
analog phones... :)
Grant
>Worse, my school has all the computers networked but the network
>connections LOOK like phone wires :P I can imagine an 'average' highschooler
>jacking his 9600 baud modem into a 10mb/s ethernet connection (assuming s/he
>can even get the plugs to fit!)
>Also my comp apps (read lotus 1-2-3 for dos) teacher calls the network we
>use (the network wires that is) telephone wires!
>We call him satan tho so :P
>
> -James, N9XLC
> -jrhall@infocom.com
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ray Kremer <rkremer@BRADLEY.EDU>
>To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM <CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM>
>Date: Saturday, February 28, 1998 10:53 PM
>Subject: Re: Serial!
>
>
>>I'm still trying to figure out who would actually want the internet on
>>their cellular phone (that Q-phone thing), much less a calculator. I mean,
>>we all have computers in our home or office already that we use to get on
>>the internet, and classrooms don't generally have phone jacks so students
>>can surf the net during lecture. (Though if someone really wants to do
>>this just to see if he can, I'm not saying he shouldn't. I'm just wary
>>of making all these "improvements" to what is already a fine piece of
>>electronics.)
>>
>>>btw, if you have a modem connection you can hook up to a shell account
>>>(text-only based) for using internet on your calc. or you can use a bbs
>thru
>>>it.
>>