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- From: nde@winternet.com (Andy Yee)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm
- Subject: Re: Supra modems upgradable??
- Date: Mon, 22 Jan 96 04:47:32 GMT
- Organization: StarNet Communications
- Message-ID: <4dv4t4$bjg_003@dialup.winternet.com>
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- In article <4du9dd$lag@news2.ios.com>,
- dprieto@chelsea.ios.com (Dean Prieto) wrote:
- >Hi!
- > I just purchased a SupraFAXModem 288 and was wondering if i can upgrade
- >it to 33.6 via Flashrom. I get reliable connect rates at 26.4 all the
- >time so would an upgrade be worthwhile? I know the USR Sportster is
- >upgradable via a $25 chip and am thinking about exchanging my Supra for a
- >Sportster.
- >Thanks for any info.
- >
-
- Any change in speed involves upgrading the datapump. Supras DO NOT HAVE FLASH
- ROM FOR THE DATAPUMP. However, for general firmware upgrades, the non-Express
- models do have flash ROM.
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