At 04:59 PM 8/17/2002 -0600, you wrote: >I seem to recall hearing at one time or another that it is possible to >use your home telephone wires (the ones in the wall) in conjunction >with a PhoneNet LocalTalk adapter to run a small network to multiple >rooms in a house... Is this possible?
Well, the PhoneNet thingies do indeed use telephone cabling, but I've never heard of actually plugging it into the house wiring. My gut instinct is it wouldn't work, due to the difference in voltages between a Mac serial port and the phone lines. There's actually a pretty good bit of juice coming through the thing. All in all, unless you find some definitive statement somewhere that it'll work, I wouldn't risk it. I think it'd be more likely to damage the serial port or the Mac itself. Scott Holder -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
