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To: David Lawrence who wrote (17471)	10/16/1998 8:16:00 PM
From: Moonray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 22053

Hmmmm, I wonder what Paul thinks: macntosh.com o~~~ O

To: David Lawrence who wrote (17471)	10/16/1998 10:44:00 PM
From: Marshall	Respond to of 22053

I'm relatively sure it will run as a standard v.90 modem. I'm not going to describe how I think the power supply circuit is made but a standard phone line usually has more than 60 volts floating on it and is capable of feeding several standard 400 ohm station sets (phones) at one time so there is probably plenty of current capability to begin with. If you used an inverter circuit to convert the 60 volts down to 6 volts (then to the 5V &/or 3.3V required) you'd have even more current capability for the modem and far less drain on the actual line. While ideal for the palmtops this may even find use to increase battery life in laptops.