Patrick Rigney wrote:
> >US Robotics/3Com made two distinctly different versions of the 33.6
> >Sportster (but both use the same supply). One has an Intel flash RAM chip
> >in it for firmware upgrades (these are 56K X2/V90 capable if you can still
> >find the proper firmware, it wasn't commonly available). The other has a
> >ROM in it, and is pretty much stuck at 33.6. I have a number of the ROM
> >type 33.6 modems somewhere, and I've often wondered if they could be
> >modified to support the flash chip.
>
>
> Toth, the flash versions also had several different internal CPU/DSP speeds
> (issue ATI7 command to the modem), and USR was very plain that while the
> slower models with flash were upgradeable, they would not achieve the
> connection speeds of their faster siblings. Mine happens to be an older
> flashable model, and my experience was exactly as USR advertised: the
> upgraded modem never connected at the same rate as a newer model of the same
> modem with X2/V90 out-of-the-box. I have a (server) folder of USR stuff, I
> tend to be a packrat about software, and I've got this goodie called the
> "3Com Internet Update Wizard" dated 10/4/1999, which seems to be the flash
> updater (it downloads a flash file from USR to apply). I also found some
> downloadables for updating at http://www.usr.com/infinity/.
>
> --Patrick
>
>
Good info. Mod won't do much good at this location, though. I'm rural, about
42000' from a CO and have average speeds of about 26.4 with occasional
spurts to 28.6. No broadband alternatives on the horizon here. :-(
Received on Fri Oct 25 2002 - 16:20:00 BST