Subject: RE: DC Modem
To: None <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
From: James West <zerowren@msn.com>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 11/13/2001 23:33:54
> > Ha, I can't even get it to work modem to modem using windows/sega
> > browser.
> > Of course, it's probably due to a crappy soft modem in my workstation.
> >
>
>I got it to work modem-to-modem using windows w/ sega browser. The only
>trick was the 9 volt battery (as someone mentioned before). I had to set
>the sega browser options to dial at least 1 digit, or it wouldn't attempt
>to
>connect. But, if it didn't have enough juice to produce the tone, it still
>wouldn't connect. The 9 volt battery solved the problem.
>
>I wired it up using a wall jack (with two ports) from radio shack. It
>looked something like this guy's simple circuit:
>http://www.epanorama.net/documents/telecom/telephone_intercom.html
>
>
Where on the line did you place the battery? And which wires in the
telephone line connected to which lead? I'm a electrical newbie, forgive
this.
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