In going thru an old FIDO DEC Rainbow archive I ran across this post. It
seems all the present fuss about the wonders of mobile computing is not
so new.
Lawrence
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Date: 12-12-89 (09:11)
To: FRANK MALLORY
Subject: RE: CELLULAR CONNECTION
From: RON KRITZMAN
Part of the problem with cellular modem connection is
that most telephone modems aren't particularly noise
resistant. The modems ($$$$$$$) made for cellular
incluse their own error correction, but most are
proprietary.
There is a company in Skokie, IL called "Tellular"
which makes a standard RJ-11 interface for cellular
phones. Basicly it plugs in in place of the handset
and gives you a standard modular jack. Plug a phone in
there and pick it up... you hear dial tone. Dial, and
it decodes the touch tones and makes them into what the
cellular unit wants to see. Instant fake "real"
phone. Great for stuff like portable pay phones, etc.
(No, I don't work for them.) As to the portable
(hand held) with an "RJ" its proably a ways off. Most
cellular portables are already "ten lbs. of s*** it a 5
lb. bag" as it is.
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