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- From: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Intex Satisfaxtion 400x d
- Message-ID: <888.48.uupcb@uttsbbs.uucp>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 16:02:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: The Transfer Station BBS, Danville, CA - 510-837-4610/837-5591
- Reply-To: john.navas@uttsbbs.uucp (John Navas)
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- > I'm attracted by the Intel Satisfaxtion 400 modems feature and
- > company-wise. I normally prefer external modems but in this case,
- > the internal one has a number o features lacking in the external
- > model. Does anyone know if these are firmware differences likely
- > (or possible) to be upgraded by a firmware revision (which can be
- > downloaded into the Intel since it uses flash-ram) or are they
- > permanent differences due to the hardware. Any insight as to why
- > the differences exist except in cases where the bus presence of the
- > internal is inherent to the feature (the 16550 UART emulation, for
- > example).
-
- The 400 and 400e are completely different in design. Note that the
- SatisFAXtion 400 does not use Flash RAM, so the firmware has to be
- downloaded each time you boot your system. Note also that Intel only
- supports DOS to download the firmware! For that reason, the poor
- support I've received, and a number of annoying problems, I just
- decided to return my 400. You may have better luck with the 400e.
-
- Best regards,
- John
-
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