SA> HUH?, If ya have to dial in to USR and they activate it its easier
 SA> than I thought it would of been to make a program to do it.. (For US
 SA> versions  anyway)

 MG> To activate x2 in the US modems, all that is done when they
 MG> dial up to the
 MG> USR BBS is a single bit is changed in the NVRAM which stores the builtin
 MG> options and country code.  I reckon its possible to create
 MG> an SDL that not
 MG> only sets this bit, but also changes the country code to whatever you
 MG> like so that we no longer have to wait for USR to update
 MG> the Austel SDL :-)

I don't suppose the level of public discussion about how to hack SDLs,
defeat Austel requirements, and otherwise circumvent both national
regulations and manufacturers' approvals under such, might have had
anything at all to do with increasingly restrictive public or even customer
access to such upgrades?

I don't suppose that modem manufacturers, or people acting as their agents
or in their interests, or those concerned with granting approvals for use
of modems on Australian lines, would bother monitoring conferences such as
this?

Ian

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