From: Allan Ballard (aballard_at_ix.netcom.com)
Date: Fri Aug 20 1999 - 02:27:39 EDT
You will need an adaptor for your power plug, for your modem, cable and something
for the current. Many vendors sell them. I had no problem in Berlin recently.
I've used my 760CD in Ireland, England, France, Germany and Switzerland.
If your ISP is a member of GRIC, you have a local POP to dial into
(Check with your ISP and with www.gric.com for their free dialer
containing a list of POPs worldwide and their numbers).
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999 11:31:38 -0500 (CDT), Esmail Bonakdarian wrote:
>Greetings all.
>
>I plan to travel to Hamburg, Germany in about a month and will take my
>TP560x along.
>
>My questions deal with power supply and modem usage.
>
>Is there something special I need to consider regarding use of the TP
>over there?
>
>Will it be enough for me to get a plug adapter (i.e., something simple
>I stick my power cable into which in turn plugs into the German
>outlet), or do I have to worry about power conversion issues etc.. I
>have the standard TP650x hardware and power supply that came with the
>system. I will be using my floppy drive there too for frequent backup
>purposes (I'm working on my dissertation - hence the slight paranoia)
>
>Also, what about modem usage? I've got an old trusty IBM Home & Away
>14.4 ethernet/modem PCMCIA combo card. If I recall correctly from the
>time when used to live in Germany, phones were not connected with the
>"normal" (RJ 111?) plug used here in the US.
>
>Anyone have any suggestions how I can manage to telnet over to my UI
>account for e-mail while over there? Are there any public unix
>networks in Germany (preferably in Hamburg) I can dial into - assuming
>I can manage to set up my hardware?
>
>Any suggestions (in German too) very much welcome.
>
>Thanks,
>Esmail
>----
>Esmail Bonakdarian - esmail_at_uiowa.edu - http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~bonak
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