DW>> My first modem was a 300 bps acoustic coupler made by Sendata, I bought
 DW>> it  in 1982, the sticker says it was Telecom approved and the
 DW>> instruction 

 PE> Thankyou.

Pleasure, you can't be wrong ALL the time (-8

 DW>> manual says that using a non approved modem could result in a fine..
 DW>> only  COULD, so i guess that Telecom werent too fussed about chasing
 DW>> people back 

 PE> You only have to pay if you get caught, hence the
"could".  They can't
 PE> say "will", because they don't know that they're going to
catch you.

This is true. 


warm fuzzies,
              teddy


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