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  1. Path: news.io.com!insync!news
  2. From: bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: New model USR Sportster?????
  5. Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 11:47:14 GMT
  6. Organization: Associated Technical Consultants
  7. Message-ID: <316b9f17.174231486@news.insync.net>
  8. References: <1996Apr5.121445.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <4k46gk$r0@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <4kfe0p$4qd@daily-planet.execpc.com>
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  13. On 10 Apr 1996 04:38:49 GMT, Dave Lyle <davel@execpc.com> wrote:
  14.  
  15. >an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill) wrote:
  16. >>> Is this a thing of the past now that the chips are soldered to the >>modems???
  17.  
  18. >> Now why the heck would USR do something like this?!
  19.  
  20. >Overconfidence?
  21.  
  22. Maybe.
  23.  
  24. Maybe just out of sockets and wanting to keep building
  25.  
  26. Maybe to make it mandatory to return the product for Prom upgrades
  27. thus slowing up "demand" for the latest rev...
  28.  
  29. Who knows.
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