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Re: ghettoModem

From: Legacy Xunker <>
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2000 22:17:31 -0600

You mean you want to build an acoustic coupler?

Prolly not a good idea for a pay phone, but I do have a gadget that may prove
promising-- its a Sharp TeleMail device -- Its like a PDA built on top of a
special AC modem.  It can only transfer mail to the special Pocketmail service,
but it work in VERY noisy environments at up to 4800bps.  If there was a way to
have it into other uses, well..

 wrote:

> Hello.  A friend and I had an idea which we are currently pursuing which
> might be good for net connection for wearables.  The idea is to basically
> hook up a phone handset to a modem (and maybe to run a small current through
> it to simulate a line being used?) and basically sign on to an internet
> service (perhaps through a home computer that's hooked up through a different
> line) by 69ing the ghettoModem (mic to speaker and speaker to mic) with a
> payphone or some other handy phone, probably with some sound insulation
> around the connections so as to avoid interference...  Anyone have any
> thoughts?  Are there any pitfalls an unexperienced person such as myself
> should know about, or has anyone ever done something like this before?
>
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