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- From: Gemini2@cup.portal.com (Gary Alan Peake)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: USR 28-33 Modems
- Date: 25 Mar 1996 08:40:24 -0800
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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- >
- > Anyone using a USR Sportster 28-33k??
- >
- >I hear all sorts of stories about them not working very well, then I hear
- >that those made after june 95 (?) are ok.
- >
- >I want to have a modem that is close to state of the art so I can use it for
- >a couple of years without having to update.
- >
- >I do not execpt to hook up at 33k with anyone, but what I read says that
- >because of being capible of 33k it makes a good 28k hook up more likely. But
- >then I hear that the 33k chip is buggy and will not hook up to anything but
- >another USR with 33k, and if it does it is at a very low rate.
- >
- When I first got my Sportster 28.8k I had one with the 'spiral death
- syndrome'. Consequently, I tried setting changes (not knowing it was a
- faulty chip) until I had it all screwed up. I got the new chip (33.6k),
- reset the modem to it's default (AT&F1&S11=050T&W) and all is wonderful!
-
-
- Gary Peake "Mystic Meg" Fellow AMIGA Users:
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