FF>> Well, I'm a happy little modemmer, having just purchased a USR
 FF>> Courier :-)

 BG> Oh no, not another member of the USR FRZ Society!

At a price of only $439, there may be a few more shortly :-)

 FF>> Is there a newer, (and better!), SDL than the one in the modem now??

 FF>> Product type           Australia External MSK
 FF>> Supervisor date        11/14/95
 FF>> DSP date               07/05/95

 BG> That's the current 061 SDL, but the hacked 11/11/95 US/Canada SDL will
 BG> also work on Austel Couriers.  Later ones, sadly, will not.

Typical!

 FF>> The manual is *excellent*, and makes the manual that came with my
 FF>> Maestro 144M seem useless in comparison.

 BG> The on-line help screens (AT$ etc) are just as good.

Haven't actually looked at them yet.

 FF>> Does this thing have a massive power amp in it to drive the speaker?
 FF>> My God, it's loud!

 BG> No, but it uses a proper audio speaker, rather than a tiny transducer.

The sound is much more meatier than the 144M's speaker.

 FF>> It was too easy to set up. The manual even suggested adding &K3 to
 FF>> turn off MNP5, and explained why. I find an init string of AT &F1
 FF>> &K3 far too boring for my liking :-)

 BG> Don't forget to write the above to NVRAM with the DTE set to your
 BG> normal speed, as the USRs actually store the DTE rate as well.  The
 BG> reason for this is not explained adequately in the manual, either.

Ah, will have to do this.

 BG> ATY11 whilst on-line is pretty useful.  Most ATIn and ATYn commands
 BG> up to 15 show relevant information as well.

Will have to do some experimenting.

 BG> If you can find any fax apps which support Class 2.0, please let me
 BG> know.

Yep. Apart from BGFax, I've yet to see anything even *mention* Class 2.0,
let alone support it :-(

 FF>> And the last thing, can someone explain to me what the letters F, R
 FF>> and Z stand for, so I can explain it to my friends :-)

 BG> Why bother?  Now that you own a USR, all of your friends will desert
 BG> you.  :)

At least I'll have my USR Fido Friends :-)

Regards,
Frank

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