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- From: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: hardware differences between internal USR Sportster 28800 and Courier v.everything?
- Date: 23 Mar 1996 23:02:03 GMT
- Organization: The National Capital FreeNet
- Sender: an171@freenet2.carleton.ca (Anthony Hill)
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- References: <31527c55.53987281@netnews.voicenet.com>
- Reply-To: an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill)
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- nick (nick@nick.com) writes:
- > I hear a few times that these two modems use the same pcb. I
- > have also heard that the courier has a better isolation transformer.
- > (not to mention the flashrom chip) If there's not much of a
- > difference I might want to modify my sportster to a courier. Damn,
- > I'm such a moron! I knew I should have bought a courier.
-
- This used to be the case for the pre 33.6 PnP Sportsters, however
- the Sportsters have been redisgned and now use quite different hardware
- from the Couriers. In any case, the big difference for internals has
- always been the software in the modem (either on an PROM chip or
- FlashROM).
-
- Anthony
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- Anthony Hill | an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA
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