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- From: mckeeveb@monashee.sfu.ca (Gumby - The unknown user)
- Subject: Re: Upgrading a ZyXEL 1496E to an E+
- Message-ID: <mckeeveb.726697501@sfu.ca>
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- Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
- References: <020954f9@p101.f701.n202.z1.fidonet.org> <93Jan08.021101.27410@acs.ucalgary.ca> <1inih0INNqsh@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us> <mckeeveb.726656955@sfu.ca>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 20:25:01 GMT
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- mckeeveb@monashee.sfu.ca (Gumby - The unknown user) writes:
-
- >Um, hate to interrupt.. but the innards of the new E's and E+'s are identical.
- >Some of the older ones may actually have slower processors, but the only other
- >separating factor we can find is that E+'s always have the 1992 DSP RAM board
- >where E's *MAY* have the older/smaller 1990 model.
-
- OK, I stand corrected. The new boards that ZyXEL has started shipping do have
- actual physical differences and *NO PIGGYBACK DSP MEMORY BOARD*.
-
- 'fraid an upgrade done on these models would probably be alot harder/borderline
- impossible do to the fact that the DSP memory is now done using 3 custom LSI
- chips. pity. :-(
-
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- Rob McKeever VE7ICJ rmckeeve@sfu.ca mckeeveb@sfu.ca 604-291-0457
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