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  2. From: bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
  4. Subject: Re: New model USR Sportster?????
  5. Date: 10 Apr 1996 15:04:17 -0700
  6. Organization: loose ends again
  7. Message-ID: <4khb91$502@ktb2.ktb.net>
  8. References: <1996Apr5.121445.1@ulkyvx.louisville.edu> <4k46gk$r0@freenet-news.carleton.ca> <4kfe0p$4qd@daily-planet.execpc.com> <316b9f17.174231486@news.insync.net>
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  12.  | >>> Is this a thing of the past now that the chips are soldered to the
  13.      >>modems??? 
  14.  
  15.  | >> Now why the heck would USR do something like this?!
  16.  
  17.  | >Overconfidence?
  18.  
  19.  | Maybe.
  20.  
  21.  | Maybe just out of sockets and wanting to keep building
  22.  
  23.  | Maybe to make it mandatory to return the product for Prom upgrades
  24.  | thus slowing up "demand" for the latest rev...
  25.  
  26. It's cheaper to solder than to socket;  you do it when you're confident
  27. that everything is OK.  Frequently a mistake :)
  28.  
  29. Bev                                           bashley@ktb.net 
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  31.                Bill Gates should rot in hell
  32.