15 Mar
2004
15 Mar
'04
7:22 p.m.
On Tue, 16 Mar 2004, Paul Koning wrote:
Vintage> It probably ran off of batteries,
possibly in a telco
Vintage> environment, where that supply was readily available.
No, Telco standard power is 48V DC. I think its tolerance is pretty
loose (you're supposed to tolerate 60 volts???) but the nominal value
is 48, not 72.
I know. But 72 is ordinal with 48 and in lieu of any other knowledge, I
hazarded a guess :)
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