John Higginbotham wrote: Odd. An awful lot of the external modems I've dealt with were 12-24 VAC power supplies. Just about anything by Tandy comes to mind from the bad old days when 1200 bps was considered "fast", but I'm pretty sure the unit I'm presently using (I can't see the power brick from here and I hate unplugging a modem while I'm on-line -- with my ISP there's a 20% chance of a connection in any attempt -- had I mentioned lately a desire to change ISPs?) is getting AC to the unit at a reduced voltage. -- Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram@cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/> Bill Gates has this situation where the federal government wants him convicted for attempting a monopoly. Has Bill considered responding with a question as to why there's only one Justice Department?