The current issue USR internal modems are polarity sensitive. Last year I
found an entire office wired backwards.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of renaud
> Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 3:02 PM
> To: Shop Talk
> Subject: Re: telephone in the shop?
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> When I installed my NEC computer I could not get the modem to
> work although my old computer modem worked fine. After replacing
> 4 modems we found out that the modem in the NEC was polarity
> sensitive and when we finally switched the phone wires the modem
> worked fine. So if you have a computer on this new line and a modem
> problem check the polarity before replacing the modem!
> Regards, Jack
>
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