Hi Poe,



 -=> Quoting Poe Lim to Tom Przeor <=-



 PL> They could at least have changed the firmware a bit...



Well, at least I know I got myself a good modem. I suspect that they

manufacture Sportsters for USR and as part of the deal they sell

some under own name. But USR probably doesn't want them to fiddle

with the firmware.

 

 TP> Mine has a socketed EPROM (I think it is actually EEPROM - can't

 TP> feel a window under a sticker). I doubt (that's only my gut

 TP> feeling) you can flash new code as a user upgrade but there

 TP> certainly is an upgrade path if and when new code becomes

 TP> available.



 PL> It could be a write once PROM; they are a tad cheaper than EPROM, and

 PL> apparently for some of the higher speed PROMs, it is quite a saving. 



Most of the writing on a chip is hidden under a sticker, I can make

out the speed (120 ns) and I can see "..2.5 V" - thats look very

familiar to me, I'd say 12.5V programming voltage.



Tom             



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