My desktop computer laid an egg a few weeks ago so I want to completely get rid of it it is taking up space however when I disconnect the phone line from the back of the tower my phone won’t work what can I do

(02-03-2019, 02:43 PM)seahawkscheat Wrote: My desktop computer laid an egg a few weeks ago so I want to completely get rid of it it is taking up space however when I disconnect the phone line from the back of the tower my phone won’t work what can I do

Old 4 wire phone lines are pretty much obsolete but the basic premise is this; a telephone needs 2 wires for a dial tone--red and green (tip and ring). The other 2 wires--yellow black (t1 and r1) can do a couple things, either provide a 2nd phone line on that one wire, or more commonly, carry the dial tone down the line--commonly called daisy chained or wired in series. The easiest thing to try is to just buy a 4 wire telephone jack and plug it into that. If the line is wired in series, your problem is solved. If it doesn't solve the problem, you're going to need to know how the phone lines were wired up...possibly to a punch down block.

(02-03-2019, 03:10 PM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Old 4 wire phone lines are pretty much obsolete but the basic premise is this; a telephone needs 2 wires for a dial tone--red and green (tip and ring). The other 2 wires--yellow black (t1 and r1) can do a couple things, either provide a 2nd phone line on that one wire, or more commonly, carry the dial tone down the line--commonly called daisy chained or wired in series. The easiest thing to try is to just buy a 4 wire telephone jack and plug it into that. If the line is wired in series, your problem is solved. If it doesn't solve the problem, you're going to need to know how the phone lines were wired up...possibly to a punch down block.

Yeah, this is pretty much what I was going to say.  

Phone line? You sir probably have the most secure internet on the planet. I didn’t even know companies still offered internet over phone lines?

(02-03-2019, 03:14 PM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: Yeah, this is pretty much what I was going to say.  

He's always stealing everyone's thunder.

(02-04-2019, 08:40 AM)HarleyDog Wrote: Phone line? You sir probably have the most secure internet on the planet. I didn’t even know companies still offered internet over phone lines?

DSL is TECHNICALLY a phone line-based internet source, but not quite the same thing.

I was almost going to ask my own tech question here about wiping a SSD HDD since I now have 3 OS's on it with only one working, Ubuntu Studio.. I think I'll ask on an actual tech forum somewhere. 

(02-07-2019, 06:00 AM)grampahol Wrote: I was almost going to ask my own tech question here about wiping a SSD HDD since I now have 3 OS's on it with only one working, Ubuntu Studio.. I think I'll ask on an actual tech forum somewhere. 

I can help with this one:

(02-07-2019, 08:07 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: I can help with this one:

Can you help me with this one...the Tiger in your sig. Whats up with the tail? lol

Looks like its under a pile of rubble?!!?

(02-07-2019, 08:07 AM)Tiger Teeth Wrote: I can help with this one:

Sorry. I have no confidence in Windex wipes to be used inside my computer. I know...call me a skeptic if you must..
I still haven't gotten around to solving this problem. I'm actually considering buying a 1 TB SSD drive...not that I actually have a need for a full terabyte of space. I just like playing around with various operating systems...even a few old obsolete systems and perhaps even a few not intended for home use.
If I had the bandwidth I'd install my own server(s) and resell web space from home.. An email server is something I could setup if there was enough interest in having a nice, secure email account run out of my machine(s)..  The problem is there are already plenty of free email accounts available to just about anyone who wants one.