General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Rubber cable, plastic ends and metal.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

176.0 cm

Width

2.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Motorola

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Alabama

City

Huntsville

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

This is part of a small collection of early mobile phone equipment donated to the Museum in 2008. The March 2012 Info Telecom newsletter featuring an article written by the donor, briefly describes his connection with the objects: "Louis Houbart is a wireless technology consultant who has worked in the field for the past 32 years. He has been a professional trainer since 1988 and has developed and given many courses and workshops on the subject. Louis is a member of the Community of Telecommunications Consultants."

Function

The cable connector allows the user to access the internet through a standard phone line or a cellular phone (Motorola MicroTAC line of phones).

Technical

The cable connections inserts into the PCMCIA modem at one end. The other end, an RJ11 jack, can be plugged into a standard phone line in order to access the internet. The PCMCIA modem can also be plugged into the cellular modem interface unit via the RJ11 jack.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's: "[Motorola trademark] MOTOROLA/610406060001/AMP".

Missing

Nothing is missing.

Finish

A rubber cable, a hard black synthetic on one end and the other end is a clear plastic phone jack, and metal.

Decoration

None