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- From: Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Modem Software
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 04:38:50 GMT
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
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- In article <4h8bf4$nv9@ionews.ionet.net>, courtney@ionet.net says...
- >
- >PTHarn@gnn.com (PTH) wrote:
- >
- >>Can anyone enlighten this novice on using software to upgrade your modem. I
- >>just installed a US Robotics 28.8 and it works fine but I keep reading
- these
- >>units can be upgraded via software but no software for the modem came with
- >>the unit. Also how and where do you set software for higher throughput
- (57.6
- >>and 115.2)? Do the internet providers use this higher throughput?
- >
- >Most upgradable modems contain a flash ROM. This is the ROM in the
- >modem that can actually be written to.
- >
- >The software to upgrade the modem comes from the modem vendor (in this
- >case US Robotics). Look for the BBS number that came with your modem,
- >that's where you get the software.
- >
- >Craig
- >
- >
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- regular sportsters do not have flash rom chips. just the dsvd models
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