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- From: bubba@insync.net (Bill Garfield)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: New model USR Sportster?????
- Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 03:05:21 GMT
- Organization: Associated Technical Consultants
- Message-ID: <316c73fa.3558216@news.insync.net>
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- bashley@ktb2.ktb.net (Bev) wrote:
-
- >It's cheaper to solder than to socket; you do it when you're confident
- >that everything is OK. Frequently a mistake :)
-
- You also do it when you're very much wishing to quell the willy-nilly
- requests for arbitrary firmware upgrades without substantiated proof of
- actual need. With the proper tools, replacing an SMD soldered-in chip
- is just as easy as replacing a socketed one.
-
- The manufacturer's warranty states they "will repair or replace" but
- says nothing about shipping bazillions of firmware upgrade chips to
- every Tom, Dick and Harriet who calls requesting it just for the heck of
- it.
-
- Soldered-in firmware chips and being forced to return the product to the
- manufacturer for mere firmware replacement is likely to piss off a lot
- of people, but I guarantee the plan will SLAM THE BRAKES ON all the
- arbitrary requests for "the latest rev" when the request is otherwise
- unfounded.
-
- Unpopular? Yes, very.
- Good business? Youbetcherass.
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