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- From: mintz@mnsinc.com (Larry Mintz)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR: USRSDL for Courier V.EVERYTHING USE GONE OFF OF FTP.USR.COM! SHIT!
- Date: 1 Mar 1996 03:00:20 GMT
- Organization: Monumental Network Systems
- Message-ID: <4h5p84$99q@news1.mnsinc.com>
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- doug haire (dhaire@gate.net) wrote:
- : Larry Mintz (mintz@mnsinc.com) wrote:
- : : Jim White (jimwhite@cent.com) wrote:
- : : : NOT true.... the only modems requitring complete tradein are the large
- : : : format ones.... like the original HST only's and early dual
- : : : standards.... ALL of the small format modems... including "early"
- : : : V.32bis modems... are either daughterboard types which CAN be upgraded
- : : : or the newer single-board types which obviously only need the flash
- : : : code....
- : :
- : : : as for mine, they're both at USR as we speak... er... write....er
- : : : type....
- : :
- : : Well, my USR Courier was a V.32terbo daughterboard unit which has been
- : : upgraded to a V.FC and then V.34 unit. When I called USR Tuesday night
- : : to order the CID upgrade, they told me that my modem's model number was
- : : not in their list of modems that *could* support CID. They promised to call
- : : me yesterday after verifying whether my modem could take the modification.
- : : No call was received from them as of today.
-
- : They should have been able to tell you right away that you would *need*
- : the modification ($24.95 or some such). They told me that (although I
- : already knew it since I had one modified unit already).
-
- They told me that my daughterboard unit *could not* take the upgrade! Not
- that I needed the upgrade, that the unit would not accept it!
-
- Larry
-