Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype.

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From: John Navas
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 1997 00:00

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dlaf@primenet.nospamcom (Dennis L) wrote:

>>Actually, V.FC was only to "be the 28.8 standard" in the eyes of Rockwell and its' 
>>supporters.  It was their feeble attempt at gaining market share by foisting off
>>an inferior protocol on the masses before the ITU-T had completed itw' work on 
>>v.34 - the actual standard.  USR had nothing to do with "fucking it up", altho 
>>'fucking' would seem an appropriate way to describe what Rockwell did to its'
>>v.FC customers!
>
>USR had lots to do with it, but I suppose it's pointless to argue.

That simply isn't true.

>Remember Class 2 fax modems? USR meddled with this too, thus 2.0 class modems
>were born.

Class 2 is not a real standard.  The real standard is Class 2.0, which USR
supports.

p.s.  Please help stop the massive inappropriate cross-posting of this
thread.

--
Best regards,
John  mailto:JNavas@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/
      28800 Modem FAQ:  http://www.aimnet.com/~jnavas/modem/faq.html

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From: JNavas@NavasGrp.Dublin.CA.US (John Navas)
Subject: Re: USR X2 Modems . Do they Work??? Or just hype.
Date: 1997/04/10
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