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echo: aust_modem
to: Peter Collis
from: Bill Grimsley
date: 1996-05-20 09:05:18
subject: USR Courier News?

Peter, at 10:23 on May 17 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

PL> The older Couriers have the unusual connector, which means you
PL> had to have one of theirs.

BG> Quite right, too.  I was dreading that positively awful mini DIN
BG> plug thingo (ever tried repairing or rewiring one of those?), so
BG> you can imagine how pleased I was that USR appear to have
BG> finally woken up to themselves.

PC> Do the newer Couriers have a different plug?

Not sure about the Austel single-board models, but the US/Canada Couriers
have now changed over to standard concentric secondary AC connectors.

PC> My daughterboard Austel Courier has that silly mini DIN plug power supply, 
PC> full size DIN plugs are bad enough to wire, never tried attacking a mini 
PC> DIN though.

Several times, and successfully, but I had to get new glasses to do so.  :)

Regards, Bill

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