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You can consider yourself very lucky if your modem is still operational. Plugging a modem into a digital outlet is a death wish for the device. There are converters on the market that will help you to accomplish what you need. -Alan ---------- > From: Eric Trepanier <etrepani@qc.bell.ca> > To: ThinkPad Mailing List <thinkpad@cs.utk.edu>; MWave Mailing List <mwave-l@watson.mbb.sfu.ca> > Subject: Use of a modem on a digital (?) line... > Date: Monday, October 21, 1996 10:12 AM > > Hello everyone, > > I'm not sure I've got this right but here in our offices (Montreal), we > have two kinds of phones / lines. The first kind has a typical phone with > no LCD display. I can connect my modem (Mwave) in this line and dial out > without any problems. > > The other kind of line has a phone called "Meridian" with an LCD display > display to show Caller ID info (name / number). When I plug my modem in > this line, it doesn't work. Why doesn't it work and is there anything I > can do about this? > > My boss who also has a ThinkPad was waiting in a garage the other day. The > garage owner told my boss he could use his office to work while his car was > being repaired. My boss tried to use his modem to get his email, but it > just wouldn't dial-out. The phone in the office was the same kind of > "Meridian" we have here. This is a very annoying situation and my boss > wants me to find out if there is a fix for this... > > Thanks for any pertinent info... > > Eric >