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Re: USR Sportsters: be careful!

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From: Nigel Barrett
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 1995 00:00
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In message <19951209.161450.30@colegium.demon.co.uk> Chris Rutter wrote:

> To anyone with a Sportster 28k8:
>  Please say what version your BIOS is.
>  ie. Type ATI6 (I think) and what number does it give?
> 
> I upgraded my 28k8 Sportster with a new BIOS, and it is now even worse..
> I can't set the pause time for ',' - it simply sets it to a value I do not
> tell it to use..
> It spuriously stops working in the middle of talking to Demon, and it
> will not respond to commands or anything until I switch it on and off..!
> 
> Is there something I don't know? 
> 

It's faulty!

Did you just plug in a new ROM, or did USR fix it properly? The pcb in 
mine was heavily reworked.

Supervisor: 04/28/95  rev 044-6.0
DSP:        03/31/95  rev 11.3


Nigel
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"Cracking toast, Gromit!"                        Nigel Barrett
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From: nigel@c3po.demon.co.uk (Nigel Barrett)
Subject: Re: USR Sportsters: be careful!
Date: 1995/12/10
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