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 Message 174 
 Dallas Hinton to Andy Ball 
 hello -- tap tap 
 12 Jul 11 09:07:02 
 
Hi Andy -- on Jul 10 2011 at 19:23, you wrote:

  DH> Excellent -- so, has anyone managed to get an analog
    > modem to talk through a cell connection?

AB>     If you have to try that, you're doing it wrong.  My
AB> previous mobile phone was an inexpensive Nokia 6301b. When I plugged
AB> that into a Unix or Linux computer, it looked to the computer just
AB> like a USB modem.  On several occasions I used "cu" to connect to a
AB> dial-up BBS or other remote host.

I'll suggest that to my ex-modem buddy -- I don't know if he has a data plan
that will allow that, but....

Thanks!


Cheers... Dallas

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