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- From: bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,fido7.modem
- Subject: Re: USR Courier Mod (for daughter Board Modems) - Caller ID, and a few other fixes!
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 13:07:28 GMT
- Organization: Associated Technical Consultants
- Message-ID: <313d87a4.484290474@news.insync.net>
- References: <313a91b3.1760290@news.goodnet.com> <313d1bce.12408765@sdcc12.ucsd.edu>
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- On Wed, 06 Mar 1996 05:00:23 GMT, bing@ucsd.edu (Bing Ho) wrote:
-
- >[Rest deleted]
- >
- >Is this a hoax?
-
- No, it is not a hoax.
-
- US DOMESTIC versions of the USRobotics Courier V34 (V.Everything) are
- now compliant with US Domestic (Bellcore Spec) Caller-ID, thanks to
- the latest 01/23/96 firmware upgrade. It works quite well.
-
- However, earlier models of the Courier V34 which incorporate a
- daughterboard (models which were upgraded via daughterboard
- changeouts) will need to have a hardware modification applied to the
- mainboard before Caller-ID will work. That's what the article
- discussed.....how to do it.
-
- USRobotics is offering to perform the hardware mod. for US $24.95 +
- shipping, a procedure which preserves the owner's warranty and retains
- the telco certification status. Units modified by persons OTHER THAN
- the USR factory repair center will have their warranty voided. Also
- the mod is technically a violation of FCC rules if -not- performed at
- the factory. However, the modification is not a terribly difficult
- task for anyone with soldering experience on miniature electronic
- components and use of CMOS-safe ESD component handling procedures.
- If that soldering experience is in using a propane torch to repair the
- plumbing or in using a Weller D-550 and a roll of 8-guage solder to
- fix the car wiring, then I recommend sending the modem in.
-
- Be aware that USR recently extended Courier warranties to 5 years, so
- a daughterboard-style V34 Courier which you may have thought was out
- of warranty by now, may in fact not be.
-
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