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In article <1992Mar31.082541.596@fps.mcw.edu>, brodie@fps.mcw.edu writes:
|>In article <1992Mar26.174252.14055@decuac.dec.com>, avolio@dco.DEC.COM (Frederick M. Avolio) writes:
|>> 
|>> All the housing information I have indicates it.  In the big book it is on  
|>> page 134, last column (marked laptop hookup).
|>> 
|>> All have except Best Western American, Comfort Inn, Radisson, and Ramada.
|>> Days Inn Downtown has some rooms with modem hook-up.
|>> 
|>> Fred
|>
|>a computer system manager should ALWAYS be prepared.   One of my
|>most useful tools I have (that I made... cost about $0.50) is
|>a RJ11 cable, with alligator clips on one end.   With this setup,
|>it's easy enough to bypass just about ANY type og telephone setup
|>(even if it's "hardwired" to the wall).
|>
|>If you don't know how to make one or how to hook it up, contact your
|>local telephone wiring contacttor for some help.   I did.
|>
|>[also make sure you have LONG cables.   One "modem friendly" room
|>I was in did have the extra RJ11 jack, but absolutely no
|>*power* outlets nearby.   Thus, either a longer RJ11 cable,
|>(or a battery-powered unit) helps.....]

If the hotel has a digital phone system, you may not be able to do
even this. Clipping an analog modem to a digital circuit is likely
to bring the maintenance folk running.

Should work well for the average analog phone system though.

--
Reece R. Pollack
Senior Software Engineer
The Wollongong Group, Inc.