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- From: Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR Spotster DSP upgrade
- Date: 3 Mar 1996 09:57:16 GMT
- Organization: Best Internet Communications
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- In article <Dno59q.K5K@freenet.carleton.ca>, an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
- says...
- >
- >
- >Eric Oden (oden@cyberhighway.net) writes:
- >> I recently bought a 28.8 usr sportster. Had occasional
- >> connection problems with my isp. the isp said that the problem
- >> likely was with the dsp on my modem. they said that the date on
- >> the dsp chip should be after 11/95. Mine was 3/05. Called the
- >> firm where i bought it and they sent me a new chip. Date is
- >> 4/18/95. Do I send it back for one dated after 11/95 or is the
- >> critical date 4/5/95? (or is my isp blowing smoke). thanks in
- >> advance.
- >
- >
- > You're ISP is a bite confused. First, it's not a DSP chip that
- >you're replacing (I'd certainly hope not, the DSP chip is that big TI chip
- >that soldered onto you're modem :> ), it's just the code that runs you're
- >modem. Secondly, the 11/01/95 code that you're ISP is probably is for USR
- >Courier modems, not USR Sportsters. The 04/18/95 code that you got is
- >latest free firmware for you're modem. You can get a new firmware which
- >will ugprade you're modem from 28.8 to 33.6, but that will cost you $25 +
- >s/h.
- >
- >Anthony
- >
-
- i would also reccomend upgrading to the new 33.6 sportster firmware.
- i have observed that occasioanlly when a 33.6 courier and a 28.8
- sportster are connected that sometimes the line is disconnected because
- of a retransmission limit.
-
-