Frank, at 22:48 on Jul 09 1996, you wrote to All...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FF> Apart from I6 and I11, what other diagnostic commands exist?

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

FF> It came with Quicklink II, which doesn't support Class 2.0, only Class 2. 
FF> Yes, you can just use Class 1, but this strikes me as a rather silly thing 
FF> to do.

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

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

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

Regards, Bill
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