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- From: joewald@crl.com (Joseph Waldvogel)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR V.Everything SDLs
- Date: 9 Mar 1996 19:57:39 GMT
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access
- Message-ID: <2241.6641T1142T99@crl.com>
- References: <BtrNx8FF00Fe089yn@pacific.net.sg> <4hq8og$44j@nntp1.best.com> <teddyburDnz5C5.1D7@netcom.com>
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- >In article <4hq8og$44j@nntp1.best.com> Rigor@clever.net (Matt Fox) writes:
- >>In article <BtrNx8FF00Fe089yn@pacific.net.sg>, winsolst@pacific.net.sg
- >>says...
- >>>
- >>>Hi, people,
- >>>
- >>> I bought a USR Courier V.Everything not too long ago (it's using the
- >>Novemb
- >>>er 95 Flash Rom ). Recently, I've seen the latest release of the Flash Rom
- >>Code
- >>>on some local BBSes. However, when I visited USR's FTP and WEB sites, I
- >>couldn'
- >>>t find the SDL. The only ones there are months old. I've emailed USR's
- >>support s
- >>>ervice AND the their Postmaster but all I got in return were a few
- >>>Automated
- >>Mai
- >>>ls which weren't of any help at all.
- >>>
- >>
- >>the reason why the codes were removed from the bbs was something to do
- >>with export restrictions. i heard they will be back soon or may not be
- >>in the time being if you want the latest flash you would call usr tech
- >>department [8005507800] and ask for it. then they will upload it to you
- >>if the modem is on another line or hang up and call you immediatly or
- >>they can mail a disk. or you can get it from your local bbs as you said
- >>i havent seen any action in people hacking usrsdl's to do bad things
- >>so your probably safe to get it from the local bbs. one word of caution..
- >>if the sdl.exe program (the one thats on disk after the zip or self
- >>extracting zip is extracted should be somewhere between 300-370kbytes.
- >>if the flash you download is like realy huge, like 500+ k dont run it.
- >>sometimes people get imodem, rackmount code mixed up with desktop code
- >>and a rackmount sdl can actually screw a v.everything modem and in that
- >>case it would hafto be sent back to the factory to be replaced.
- >>
- >>if you email me i will send you the 01/23 courier flash via email
- >>
-
- >All that is well and good, BUT the original poster is in Singapore. The
- >(800) number might not be a useable possibility for him.
-
- Then there's No Problem, The Code is NOT Suppost to be Exported Anyway, and
- Since Singapore is NOT us the US, the 800 Number not working Makes NO
- differance since he can't get a copy anyway.
-
- >He rightly asked for an alternate ftp site that also carries the USR
- >SDL's.
-
- Why, The Code can't be Exported, which is Why it's not on USR's BBS, and FTP
- sights.
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-