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- From: wulffra@xs4all.nl
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.comm
- Subject: Re: Which Sportsters have a flasher
- Date: 9 Jan 1996 20:07:04 GMT
- Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses
- Message-ID: <4cuht8$iln@news.xs4all.nl>
- References: <1996Jan7.185255.17563@news.etc.bc.ca> <30f12810.5018022@news.fyi.net>
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- In <30f12810.5018022@news.fyi.net>, rls@isrv.com (Bob Schaffer) writes:
- >nmanes@news.etc.bc.ca (Nicole Manes) wrote:
- >
- >>Dear All,
- >> I have been hearing that some USR Sportsters have a flash rom and
- >>datapump. I know that the couriers have this but which Sportsters offer
- >>this feature(vi, si, dsvd??). Also if you have any knowledge of their
- >>approximate prices I would appreciate it. Also do all new sportsters
- >>support 33.6?
- >>Thanx alot as I'm trying to decide on which modem to buy and I don't want
- >>to make a bad choice since $300 is a large dent in my pocket.
- >>
- >
- >The Sportsters do not have a flash ROM. You have to buy updated chips from
- >USR to upgrade the Sportsters. All new USR modems have the 33.6 firmware.
- >Make sure the box either states this or has a "plug and play" sticker on
- >it.
- >
- >Couriers run around $500, Sportsters around $200.
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- Are all _new_ Couriers with 33k6 firmware??
-
- rgds/Marcel.
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