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- From: mintz@mnsinc.com (Larry Mintz)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: USR firmware
- Date: 18 Apr 1996 12:57:11 GMT
- Organization: Monumental Network Systems
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- zeiger@miso.wwa.com wrote:
- : mintz@mnsinc.com (Larry Mintz) wrote:
-
-
- : >: How do I download and set up the new firm ware for my "new" USR33.6
- : >: sportster?
-
- : >If you have a classic Sportster or any Sportster other than the Vi DSVD, you
- : >don't. Only the Vi DSVD has flash ROM. All other Sportsters have the
- : >traditional EPROM or masked ROMs and have to have the ROM replaced to
- : >update.
-
- : The new Sportster Winmodem also has "flash" ROM - the new 33.6 code
- : should be posted on the US Robotics BBS/Web page in a little while
- : (anywhere from a week to a month)
-
- In fact, to the best of my knowledge, the Sportster Winmodem does *not* have
- flash ROM. However, since it does not have *any* ROM, it uses your computer's
- memory to hold its control program and this is changeable by downloading
- a new control program.
-
- Larry
-