Richard Town wrote the following to Craig Ford, and I quote (in part):
 -=> Quoting Craig Ford to Richard Town <=-
     RT-> Take a look at the date of my posting Craig
  CF>> I did, and less than 50% of the ISPs listed actually had K56Flex
  CF>> servers on-line.
 RT> Didn't realise you'd checked 'em all out, thanx.
 RT> (my, this echolink's quick :)
You _know_ I tend to check on unsubstantiable claims. 
 CF>> In addition, as I'm sure you are aware, there were also problems 
 CF>> with incompatible versions of K56Flex comming down the tube.
 RT> ver.516 seems to be alright.  The only incompatibility I'm aware of
 RT> is Livingston Portmasters which use the Lucent datapump which is
 RT> not backwardly compatible with K56Plus which some manufacturers
 RT> used in a rush to get into market first.
That is all that was available to them. What was being panned off as K56Flex 
was actually Rockwell's K56Plus. The Lucent chipset is the first _actual_ 
implementation of K56Flex.
 RT> Ver1.x firmware is now available for some which sport FlashROM 
 RT> updateable firmware/datapump chipsets
As was noted a while ago, some folks got caught with their knickers locked 
firmly around their respective ankles with the introduction of X2, and 
responded by rushing whatever they could to market. What they put into the 
market was _not_ what it claimed to be either.
Regards....
Craig
aka: cford@ix.netcom.com
   : craig.ford@2001.conchbbs.com
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