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- From: dale@giskard.demon.co.uk (Dale Shuttleworth)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: COURIER: How to tell, daughterboard or not
- Date: Mon, 26 Feb 1996 21:23:00 GMT
- Organization: Dale's home Linux box.
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- Hi,
-
- Bill Garfield (bubba@insync.net) wrote:
- : I really don't understand all the confusion here, as it's
- : a simple task to determine =FOR SURE= whether you have the daughterboard
- : style Courier or not, and finding out will not affect your warranty.
- :
- : EXTERNALS:
- : With a pocketknife, carefully pry off the two REAR rubber feet, exposing
- : the 2 case screws. Use a small phillips-head screwdriver to remove
- : these 2 screws, open the case and look inside. Wasn't that easy?
-
- [...]
-
- Surely this is a little complicated? Would it not be easier to
- simply turn the modem over and look through the ventillation slots?
- :-)
-
- I would guess that if you can see two circuit boards at the LED end
- of the modem you have a daughter board version.
-
- I seem to have a daughter board version. The serial number starts
- 010704000.... but it is a UK model so that won't be significant for
- most c.d.m readers.
-
- I wonder if USR intend to support caller ID in the UK - it could be
- fun, there are two (maybe 3?) different flavours out here. BT use a
- system where the data is sent before the first ring (its designed so
- that it could be used for remote utility meter reading) whilst many of
- the cable companies have gone for the American system.
-
- Dale.
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