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Re: Any Fix for Delrina Talkworks/Sportster Yet??????

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From: Frank
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 01:22
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On Wed, 13 Mar 1996 13:17:33 GMT, operator@escape.ca (John L.
Singleton) wrote:

>the Delrina stuff works with USR modems that have firmware date from
>February 96 onward, work with firmware from sept 85 onward for the
>most part, and have trouble with prior versions of USR/Gateway
>firmware. 

Hi John,
  Is this a typo? I didn't know voice modems were around in '85.

>The fact is that USR/Gateway failed to use an industry
>standard when creating the firmware for these modems as well (or the
>standard changed from their expectations as they rushed to get their
>fast modems on the market before the standard was finalized). 

Hmmm, in talking w\USR, they said they use fax class 2.0 which is
*the* universal standard (they claim), & that Symantec (& lots of
others) use class 2, which is supposed to be different.
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Subject: Re: Any Fix for Delrina Talkworks/Sportster Yet??????
Date: 13 Mar 1996 18:22:01 -0700
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