modem help

From: Carlos Murillo <carlos_murillo_at_epm.net.co>
Date: Sat Oct 26 18:37:01 2002

At 06:54 PM 10/26/02 +0100, you wrote:
>One of the most annoying instances of this is the HP82164 HPIL-RS232
>interface. It runs off the standard HP 8V transformer (AC output).
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>This means, of course that you _must_ use an AC input for this device.
>Which makes it next to impossible to run off batteries. A pity, since
>having a portable HPIL-RS232 interface would be useful sometimes.

Yes. I have a clone of the HP82164 made by Handheld Products which
is totally portable, with internal NiCd batteries. Even the form
factor is identical. Unfortunately, it is not working right now, as
the batteries spilled and the spill ate some traces. I'll have to get
to fixing it some time...
carlos.

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Carlos E. Murillo-Sanchez carlos_murillo_at_nospammers.ieee.org
Received on Sat Oct 26 2002 - 18:37:01 BST