Mobile computing

In going thru an old FIDO DEC Rainbow archive I ran across this post. It seems all the present fuss about the wonders of mobile computing is not so new. Lawrence ......................................................................................................... Date: 12-12-89 (09:11) To: FRANK MALLORY Subject: RE: CELLULAR CONNECTION From: RON KRITZMAN Part of the problem with cellular modem connection is that most telephone modems aren't particularly noise resistant. The modems ($$$$$$$) made for cellular incluse their own error correction, but most are proprietary. There is a company in Skokie, IL called "Tellular" which makes a standard RJ-11 interface for cellular phones. Basicly it plugs in in place of the handset and gives you a standard modular jack. Plug a phone in there and pick it up... you hear dial tone. Dial, and it decodes the touch tones and makes them into what the cellular unit wants to see. Instant fake "real" phone. Great for stuff like portable pay phones, etc. (No, I don't work for them.) As to the portable (hand held) with an "RJ" its proably a ways off. Most cellular portables are already "ten lbs. of s*** it a 5 lb. bag" as it is. --- * Origin: Chicago's BIT WIZ Opus HST (AlterNet 445/689) (Opus 1:115/689) lgwalker(a)mts.net bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com