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- From: chadwick@airmail.net (Caius)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USRobotics Sportster SI
- Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 07:12:41 GMT
- Organization: customer of Internet America
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- On Sun, 4 Feb 1996 20:06:51 GMT, an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony
- Hill) wrote:
-
- >
- >Paul Orrungroj (synk@csusm.edu) writes:
- >> What's the difference between the USRobotics Sporster SI and the normal
- >> Sporster?
- >
- > The regular Sportster is a functional modem, the Sportster Si is
- >not. The Sportster Si is an "RPI modem", which means that it requires
- >special software to do error control and data compression. This, in
- >itself, causes many problems and severely limits the uses of the modem.
- >
- it limits the modem yes, but for $50 retail, what do you expect? It's
- a good deal for $50.
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- Clinton Chadwick
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