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- From: gene@mcs.net (Gene)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Compatibility of USR Sportster 33.6
- Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:14:41 cst
- Organization: MCSNet Internet Services
- Message-ID: <gene.163.001A7AF6@mcs.net>
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- In article <4j9pcc$95p@cancer.vividnet.com> nitrous@vividnet.com (Nitrous) writes:
- >From: nitrous@vividnet.com (Nitrous)
- >Subject: Re: Compatibility of USR Sportster 33.6
- >Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 21:58:30 GMT
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- >gene@mcs.net (Gene) wrote:
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- >>Its not going to detect the sportster as a 33600 modem.You have to manually
- >>Detect it as a Internal USR 28800 or and External 28800 depening on which
- >>modem you have.Many people out there think that just because they have the
- >>33600 upgrade that the new INF File will automatically change the modem
- >>properties to 33600 but in all reality you still have a Sportster 28800 modem
- >>which has the capability of achieving 33600 transfers.So dont bang your heads
- >>out there and think that Win 95 will detect the new upgrade and that Win 95
- >>should recognize it as a 33600 because it will not automatically detect this
- >>modem and it will not recognize it as a 33600 modem because its a Sportster
- >>28800 and thats what it will always be so stop the creating threads thinking
- >>there is another file or something that will make a change to this modem and
- >>Win 95. If USR comes out with a new INF File or something Im sure this
- >>Newsgroup will be the first to hear it.
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- >To be plug and play it has to detect the modem, have an .inf file
- >relating to it, and install it for you, like my old Motorola. You
- >don't manually detect the modem, you manually install the driver for
- >it, which should be done for you, so its not plug and play.. the box
- >lies.
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- Yes you are absolutely right!
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- Gene
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