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Article #6239Re: USRbotics Sportster upgrade
From: Roland Bengtsson
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 18:51
Date: Sat, 06 Apr 1996 18:51
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>:On 28-Mar-96 19:34:55, Andy Philpotts at xyzzy@nando.net wrote:
>> Kip Pesuti said:
>>>>Heard that it's possible to upgrade Sportster V34 to V34+. Can
>>>I believe you have to send to USR for a new EPROM chip. And I think
>>>it's only about $25.
>> Is it worthwhile? What does V34+ give you.
>:Within the US, it's $34.95 with shipping and handling. If you've bought
>:a USR Sportster 28.8 NON V34+ then you can get the upgrade free if you
>:bought it within the last month (So I was told by USR).
>:You get:
>:The ability to go 33.6 to another V.34+ modem (currently only USRs)
>:At 28.8 your transfers will go up about another 300cps with another
>:28.8 modem
>:With Internet apps, like with AmiTCP or even with EMPLANT,
>:I get 3-4K/s With peaks of 10K, versus the old V34 at 2.5-3.5K/s
>:and peaks of 6K.
>:Since my provider doesn't use USR, I haven't connected anywhere at 33.6
>:but I've been told by those who have, the speed is even faster.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!mn5.swip.net!news From: roland.bengtsson@mbox3.swipnet.se (Roland Bengtsson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking Subject: Re: USRbotics Sportster upgrade Date: 6 Apr 1996 18:51:33 GMT Organization: - Message-ID: <1800.6669T674T1601@mbox3.swipnet.se> References: <1250.6664T20T2680@loop.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup100-2-3.swipnet.se NNTP-Posting-User: 4df00b7c1808b5b2d7c0b0314e2df573 X-Newsreader: THOR 2.22 (Amiga;TCP/IP)