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- From: Rick_McCormack@mindlink.bc.ca (Rick McCormack)
- Subject: Hacking USR ROMs
- Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 23:05:28 GMT
- Message-ID: <17209@mindlink.bc.ca>
- Sender: news@deep.rsoft.bc.ca (Usenet)
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- Maybe I missed the point of these discussion--I am lost with comparisons to
- disabling car emissions, etc.
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- As I understand it, USR released an early model of a less-costly (CHEAPER!)
- modem, with the ROMs from a more-costly (giggle) modem, and someone found
- out, and posted, how to access these more expensive goodies. No modification
- is made to the modem, nothing is changed in the wiring, just a line typed on
- a computer to allow access to in-built (altho' hidden) capabilities.
-
- USR (God bless 'em) heard about this, and hoped that a roll of thunder would
- prevent other purchasers of the over-endowed cheap modem from capitalizing on
- USR's slip-out ...um, slip-up (Sorry 'bout that, Chief.).
-
- So, why the kefuffle? A few (how many--anyone care to guess?) lucky
- purchasers got a good bargain, and USR looks (to my eyes, anyway) like a
- corporate schmuck, with this absolutely absurd threatening posture. A
- service oriented company might have made a big deal of this--look how good
- our modems are! and capitalized on the "price breakthru--available for a
- short time only!"
-
- Anyway, I know we try to assimilate information by comparing it to known
- episodes, but--car emissions? (readers will note that I have not quoted the
- relevant posts, to protect the dubious. 8^{O <- me, with glasses and a
- moustache, so you'll recognize me later.)
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