From: yaakov yehudi (yehuditehila.gov.il)
Date: Thu Sep 02 2004 - 04:29:22 CDT

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I remember having one modem that didn't use a cable to connect to the
computer, but that was only because it attached directly to the RS232
port. Certainly RS232 was the usual mode of connection!

YY

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On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 10:06:43 PDT, Harlan Carvey said:
>
> > > You're right, but what does that have to do with
> > an
> > > RS-232 serial cable?
> >
> > What did you hook your modem to the computer with?
>
> Phone cord with an RJ-ll connector. Even back when I did own a
> 300baud modem, installed in an Epson QX-10, it was phone cable...not
> RS-232.

Newbie. :)

http://www.cs.unc.edu/Outreach/vr/computer_museum/acousticcoupler1.html

And yes, you ran an RS232 between it and your DTE/DCE (as appropriate):

http://williambader.com/museum/modem300/modem300.html

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