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- From: dseitel@crl.com (David S. Eitelbach)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000,comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: 28.8 Telepath, why not speakerphone? What about MS Phone?
- Date: Sun, 18 Feb 1996 17:56:50 GMT
- Organization: Steinar Bastesen Fan Club (California Chapter)
- Message-ID: <312765cc.40205429@165.113.1.21>
- References: <4feafu$8ur@niven.ksc.nasa.gov> <Pine.OSF.3.91l.960216123152.16428H-100000@becker1.u.washington.edu> <31264C1D.49AC@aol.com>
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- In <31264C1D.49AC@aol.com> Bion Chen <bionc@aol.com> wrote:
-
- > The Telepath is made by US Robotics, which is about as brand-name as it
- > gets. Its the same as the Sportster model.
- >
- > Gateway told me this, but USR confirmed it.
-
- Apparently there are Sportsters, and then there are Sportsters.
- From John Navas' 28800 Modem FAQ at
-
- <http://web.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.htm>:
-
- "Warning: USR has indiscriminately slapped the 'Sportster'
- name on so many different products that the author no
- longer feels it is a reliable product guide. For example,
- recent 'Sportster 28800' modems have considerably
- different S-register settings as compared to the original
- 'Sportster 28800' product. This invalidates a good deal of
- advice, including some of the material in this FAQ."
-
- (from: http://users.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html
- in the "Which 28800 modem should I buy?" section.)
-
- I might add the author, Mr. Navas, has been attacked repeatedly
- in comp.dcom.modems for liking US Robotics _too much_.
-
- And here is an old post from Lori Nagel, the Gateway on-line technician
- that use to grace alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 with her presence and help:
-
- ==========================================================================
-
- From: gwlori@gw2kbbs.com (Lori Nagel)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000
- Subject: Re: US robotics 28.8 eprom update to sportser modem question
- Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 16:56:56 GMT
- Organization: Gateway 2000, Inc.
- Lines: 28
- Message-ID: <4eb16o$euc@ELWOOD.pionet.net>
- References: <3106c51b.78190325@ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>
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-
- atodzia@ix.netcom.com (Andy Todzia) wrote:
-
- >The Gateway Telepath II 28.8 modem is a US Robotics 28.8 sportster
- >modem. In Nov. US Robotics update the internal software so you can
- >get increased speed out of that modem, the details can be found at
- >http://www.usr.com/Press_Releases/sfs.html . They are selling the
- >eprom chip for $24.95 so people who have this sportster can update i
- >themselves.
- >Does anyone know if the Gateway Sportster 28.8 can accept this new
- >eprom? Is it easy to install? Has anyone done this and seen an
- >improvement?
- >Thanks, Andy
-
-
- Andy,
- This eprom chip does not work with the OEM version of the USR
- Sportster 28.8 modem. From what I have heard, and I quote: "It will
- do bad things to the modem." I hope this helps! :)
-
- Lori Nagel
- Tech Support
- Gateway 2000
- Online Information Network
- gwlori@gw2kbbs.com
-
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-
- --
- David S. Eitelbach
- dseitel@crl.com
-