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- From: fmma@ix.netcom.com (Franky)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.comm,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Sportster 33.6 Buggy for Busy Disconnects?
- Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1996 08:49:26 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
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- I hope not. I've placed an order for the 33.6 upgrade chip. USR has once
- again postponed the shipping of the chips to the end of this month. I asked
- if there was anything wrong with the chips and they said there wasn't anything
- wrong (yeah right) but they were running outta chips. Things that make you
- go, "Hmmm..."
-
- Franky
-
- folsom@halcyon.com (Keith E. Folsom) wrote:
-
- >I've posted a couple messages over the last few days regarding the problem
- >I was having with my USR Sportster 33.6, where it would not always
- >disconnect upon getting a busy signal but would instead just sit and wait
- >for the NO CARRIER disconnect. This then kept my software from re-dialing
- >on a busy line. I exchanged my first modem for a second, but it had the
- >same problem. This was a major downer for me, because my provider gets
- >pretty busy in the evenings, and I want a modem I can leave unattended
- >while it re-dials.
-
- >Thus, I went back to the Computer City where I bought the modem and, by
- >scrounging on the shelves, found one of the older 28.8 modems without the
- >big red "NOW with 33.6 Kbps" stickers. Sure enough, I brought it home,
- >hooked it up, and it works perfectly. It re-dialed 20 or 30 times
- >straight without a hitch. And it is a pre-33.6 modem, with the 04/95
- >ROM's.
-
- >So it looks like the new 33.6 modems may have a bug that causes this
- >problem. I don't know enough about modems to say this is caused by the
- >10/95 33.6 ROM's, but this seems a good guess. If this is the case, I'd
- >say a word of caution to those who are in a rush to get the new 33.6
- >upgrade for their existing 28.8 Sportsters. To paraphrase old wisdom,
- >it's not always good to be the first to try something new...
-
- >Later,
- >Keith
-
- >--
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- > Keith E. Folsom | EMAIL - folsomke@plu.edu
- > VMS Systems/Network Manager | folsom@halcyon.com
- > Pacific Lutheran University | WWW - http://www.plu.edu/~folsomke/
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- | Peace be with you... |
- | Uncle Franky |
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