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- From: jwhite1@rain.org (John White)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Anyone get the Sportster V33.6 upgrade chip yet?
- Date: Sun, 04 Feb 96 14:14:58 GMT
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- In article <4f0v70$rlu@sam.inforamp.net>, vulcan@inforamp.net (Peter Constantinidis) wrote:
- >On 3 Feb 1996 17:30:36 GMT, "Bruce D. Ray" <bdray@ichange.com> wrote:
- >
- >>I put my order in late November and am still waiting for the eprom upgrade
- >>chip. What gives?
- >>Has anyone received theirs yet?
- >>Bruce
- >
- >Same here, I ordered in late Nov. as well. No one has received theirs
- >yet. This is due to one of two possible things.
- >
- >1) USR is 'punishing' all sportster owners for giving them grief to
- >update their roms since 09/02/94, by delaying shipping of roms to
- >customers who have requested one. (Excellent way to increase
- >satisfaction in a product, btw.)
- >
- >or,
- >
- >2) USR plans to ship us a rom that is newer and less buggier than the
- >current one already out and shipping in new modems. (10/18/95 I think)
- >
- >I certainly hope it'll be 2), because after all this waiting, I'll
- >certainly send them a fax of protest if we all receive the old
- >10/18/95 one. (They could have mailed those out months ago)
- >
- >Peter
- >
- >
- More than likely USR is waiting to ship a better ROM than the 10/18.
- Trust me you don't want them to send you a ROM as bad as that!
-