What you remember is about right. You just need two 9 volt batteries.
No capacitors and even soldering may not be required. There was an
article published in Popular Electronics that explained how to use this
device to use a fax machine as a scanner with your PC. A search of PE
archives yielded the following:
Oct. 1995, Feature - pg.59
Build the Faux-Fax Scanner
by Thomas E. Black
Use an ordinary FAX machine as a full-page scanner for your
PC.
What I remember from the article is summarized in my words below.
I think the circuit in the article was using two 9 volt batteries in
series. You can buy a two port (RJ-11) telephone wall plate that has
screw terminals for connection. Even dollar stores carry these. Then
wire the "Tip" end of one jack to the tip end of other. Wire the
batteries in series with the "Ring" end of two jacks. 9 volt battery
clips will be needed. You can buy these at a Radio Shack. Now you can
plug modems from two computers into the two jacks. If you want to get
the exact details, see if you can find that issue (I will check when I
go home. I may even have the issue). Hand shaking of the two modems is
sometimes tricky though. You will have to experiment by leaving one
modem ready to receive then initiating a call from the other.
HTH
Dilip
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> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:35:08 -0500
> Subject: Re: Help! need to connect my imac to my 1400 laptop
> From: John Teffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> > From: Chuck & Kim Blair <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > Help! need to connect my imac to my 1400 laptop which has no ethernet
> > Any suggestions? Cheap suggestions....can't do the pcmcia ethernet
> > insert in the 1400.
>
> What do you need to connect them for?
>
> If it's just to exchange files, and the 1400 has a modem, you could do a
> direct modem connection.
>
> All this requires is a normal telephone cord, and a battery, I think a
> capacitor or two, and some soldering know-how.
>
> I can't seem to find instructions anywhere on how to do it, though I know
> I've seen them in the past. Anyone?
>
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