Bill, at 05:38 on Nov 08 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

DD>> TELEPHONE PORT
DD>> The User's Manual refers to the use of a second telephone 
DD>> port on the modem. This port is not available on your 
DD>> modem.

BG> That's a bit ambiguous, insofar as whilst the second socket 
BG> exists, it is not (or shouldn't be) actually connected to 
BG> anything.

FF>>> Mine is and works fine.

BG> Very interesting.  None of my Austel USR's secondary ports 
BG> worked.

DD>> My modem has TWO RJ sockets on the back.  One is identified 
DD>> as being the connection to the PSTN, the other for a normal 
DD>> hand-set.  If the modem is on-hook, I can hear dial tone in 
DD>> the hand-set.  If the modem picks up the line, the hand-set 
DD>> goes dead.

BG> Can you actually dial out from a phone which is connected to 
BG> your Courier's secondary RJ-11 socket though?  Just like 
BG> Jill's Sportster, that function should have been disabled on 
BG> the Austel version, unless the regs have changed 
BG> dramatically just recently...

The hand-set socket in my Austel approved Courier works as expected.  I can
dial out from the phone as long as the modem is on-hook.

Both Jill's Sportsters (V.32bis and V.34) have the socket disabled, dead,
no life, an ex-parrot etc.

David
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