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- From: curt@teleport.com (Curt...)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Sportster 28.8 problems
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 05:38:49 GMT
- Organization: Teleport - Portland's Public Access (503) 220-1016
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- David Huang <davehuang@value.net> wrote:
-
- > I have had an internal USR Sportster 28.8 for about a year now. It has
- > not been working to great for me. On some BBS's I call, it works okay.
- > But on other places such as my internet service provider, it almost never
- > connects. It oftens connects for a few seconds then drops. If it does
- > keep a good connection, it will slow down to a crawl and then drop. I
- > also have a Sportster 14.4 that works with no problems. Please e-mail me
- > with suggestions.
- >
-
- You most likely have one of the early Sportsters that exibited line
- drops and "spiraling" death. There have been a couple of free ROM
- upgrades during the last year, the last of which seemed to fix most
- people's problems. Recently USR put out an upgrade ROM ($25)
- which adds capability for a top speed of 33,600 bps.
-
- Take a look at my modem page for details.
-
- Best wishes,
- Curt...
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