Jack,
whenever you come across a ISDN installation in Germany - beware! When
ISDN was introduced in Germany, it differed from every other European
standard, and to this day everything connected to it is under the sway of
the ex.state-monopoly "Deutsche Telekom", a company unable to live up to
its marketing efforts.
Connecting to any analogous device within the frame of an ISDN
installation requires a hardware device, a digital-analog converter whose
physical presence can be detected from the wall jack � it should have the
option of connecting the bad old "Deutsche Post"-plug. If this is
available and you have the appropriate adapter everything should be fine.
If another analogous device (such as a fax machine or telephone) is
connected to the analogous outlet and features a RJ-11 jack, you might
get connected as well by plugging in. But then it depends on the make:
German telephones, as sold by the Deutsche Telekom do not have the same
pin-outs as in the US or GB, although they use the same physical format �
which has given rise to a thriving market of customized cables and
adapters. As to that I can only point you to a British company which
sells everything you never imagined: TeleAdapt.com
Take it from a German
and Good Luck
Edgar
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