Stephen, at 14:14 on Jan 20 1997, you wrote to John Piper...

SK> Sorry to raise this old issue but I have one of the infamous
SK> Dynalinks which are the re-badged USR Sportsters with the 
SK> v42 bug. Interestingly, I've never experienced this bug (ie 
SK> the delay during direct transfer mode) that others have 
SK> reported and wondered whether Dynalink applied SDLs to these 
SK> modems to fix this bug?

Nope.  That model Dynalink is based on the USR Sportster, which does not
have flash-ROM, just your average EPROM.  Ergo, the only cure is to
physically replace the EPROM (sadly, a non-socketed SMD device).  It has
also been suggested that S12=0 fixes the problem, but I'm not in a position
to verify this.  Aside from that problem though, they're a damn nice modem.

SK> Word was that Dynalink refused to admit there was a bug, but USR was 
SK> issuing upgrades. Can you (or anyone else) enlighten me on this? 

I spoke with Dynalink just yesterday, and they did actually acknowledge the
problem, presumably because the buggy model has since been replaced by a
fully functional version (one of which I'm about to evaluate).

Regards, Bill

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