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In article <+ApS3KADtqsyEwWJ@cobrabay.demon.co.uk>, Carl Robinson
<carl@cobrabay.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <32af2603.24188294@news.ais.net>, Jim Thomsen
><support@usr.com> writes
>>Paul,
>>
>>We are now shipping RapidComm Voice with our modems. The
>>latest version is 1.1
>>
>>As for firmware revisions, the internal Voice is 5/13/96 and
>>the and the external is 8/20/96. 
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Jim Thomsen
>>U.S. Robotics Online Support
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>Can anyone tell me what USR are shipping their latest USR 33,600 voice
>>>modems with ?
>>>
>>>I have quicklink with mine, is this the latest or has it been
>>>superseeded ?
>>>
>>>Do you know what Eprom Dsp versions I should expect as well ?
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>
>>>Paul
>>
>I bought a USR Sportster 33.6 Voice internal with the following dates :-
>
>EPROM date             9/5/96
>DSP date               9/5/96
>
>EPROM rev              2.0
>DSP rev                2.0
>
>My ATI1 screen gives 9974. The software I got was Super Voice 2.2 and I
>bought my modem on 29th November 1996 here in the UK.
>
>Hope this helps,
>
>Carl.


They may be shipping Rapidcomm with their USR modems in North America,
but here in the UK the standard issue software appears to be Supervoice
2.2

I have to say that it's not the best software I've ever seen. It's buggy
to install (even the directions in the manual say to try several times
if it doesn't install at first!!) The manual looks like it was done on a
photocopier at Safeway (even the pages were stapled together out of
order). If the install fails, it gives you error codes. However, no
error decode list is provided.  Finally, when you do get it installed,
its very sparse, non-intuitive and just plain unattractive. Frankly, it
looks like something USR got off a cheapy magazine cover disk (maybe
they did!).

I'm quite pleased with my modem - I had no problems installing it and it
performs very well. However the pre-packed software doesn't do USR any
credit and detracts from the overall product.
-- 
B.MacDonald, Northwood, Middlesex, UK
E-mail burns@nthwd.demon.co.uk