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- From: howarth@ucmg44.med.uc.edu (Jack Howarth)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR or Motorola -- Which to buy??
- Date: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 14:28:00 -0400
- Organization: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Message-ID: <howarth-0704961428000001@news.ece.uc.edu>
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- In article <4k90ko$m4@eve.enteract.com>, bob@horvath.com wrote:
-
- > lepres@po.pacific.net.sg wrote:
- >
- > >Hello All,
- >
- > >I am seriously into buying a 28.8, but can't decide on USR Sportster
- > >or Motorola Power/Lifestyle. I have gone through this group's
- > >discussion on these two models but the arguments seem split.
- >
- > >Anyone care to give an advise soon please?
- >
- > I am trying to decide between the Motorola Power and USR Courier
- > modems. The thing that the Power has over the Lifestyle or Sportster
- > is Flash ROM that lets you update the modem via a download, rather
- > than popping a chip out.
- >
- > One thing I haven't been able to find out is if the Power series
- > updates the datapump code or not (anyone?). The Motorola web page
- > mentions a confusing sentence that makes me think it cannot update the
- > datapump. So for example, they will not be able to upgrade to 33.6 via
- > a download like the Courier is capable of. If anyone knows if I am
- > reading this right (or wrong), I'ld love to hear from you.
- >
- > Basically, if can't decide whether I want to spend the money on a
- > Courier. It seems to be the concensus choice at that price range.
-
- What you want to look at is the Motorola Premier 33.6. CompuAbility
- has it for $325 (800-554-9950). The Premier is the only modem Motorola
- supports a programmable datapump on.
- Jack
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