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Re: USR Sportsters: be careful!

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From: Stephen Crocker
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 00:00
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Before being shot for writing article <19951210.195709.65@c3po.demon.co.uk>, Nigel Barrett wrote:

> 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

I thought they just sent the customer a new modem.  That's what they did with
me (and may have to do again if the problem gets any worse with the new one).

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From: Crok@crok.demon.co.uk (Stephen Crocker)
Subject: Re: USR Sportsters: be careful!
Date: 1995/12/14
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