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- From: ad363@lafn.org (Sheldon Shallon)
- Subject: Re: New model USR Sportster?????
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- Message-ID: <1996Apr10.020339.7112@lafn.org>
- Sender: news@lafn.org
- Reply-To: ad363@lafn.org (Sheldon Shallon)
- Organization: The Los Angeles Free-Net
- References: <4k46gk$r0@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <1996Apr5.121445.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu>
- Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 02:03:39 GMT
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- In a previous article, an171@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Anthony Hill) says:
-
- >
- > (jgfalk01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu) writes:
- >> Yesterday I purchased a USR SPortster 33.6 modem in the internal version.
- >> Upon inspection the ROM is surface mounted to the board. It has a supervisor
- >> date of 1/11/96. I take it that this modem is non-rom upgradable as there is
- >> no socket onboard. This is not the Win modem nor the VI model, just the
- >> regular 28.8 with v 34+. Others keep referring to upgrading their rom chips.
- >> Is this a thing of the past now that the chips are soldered to the modems???
- >
- > I guess so.. A really bad idea if you ask me. You better hope
- >that your modem doesn't have any bugs, because if it does you're stuck
- >with them.. Now why the heck would USR do something like this?!
- >
-
- I bought one of the new ones and all its chips are soldered to the
- board. It is back at USR because it DOES have a bug (it 'freezes' at
- times for up to 90 seconds). This bug has been reported by others also.
- If I am lucky, USR will mount a socketed EPROM (flash ROM would be even
- better).
-
- USR: Any comments?
- --
- From: Sheldon C. Shallon Internet: ad363.lafn.org
- Los Angeles, CA USA
-