Paul, at 17:40 on May 07 1996, you wrote to David Drummond ...

BV>> One that works.
PE> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

DD>> Aaah - USR.

PE> He said "one that works", not "a very expensive 
PE> paperweight".

The first NetComm modem I used on the BBS was a 1234.  It cost about $1000 retail.

The next NetComm modem on the BBS vas a V.32 M5.  It retailled for $2000,
but I put a NetComm advert on the BBS and got it for the sysop price of
$1000.  It took a week of fiddling (by myself and others who had used this
model for some time) to get it working properley.

Soon after the warrantee ran out, the M5's ROM went odd.  They wanted $400
to replace the mother board (no ROM swap)!

I bought a V.32bis USR instead for my $400.  I plugged it in and it worked
straight away - no fiddling.

Then I wanted to go faster.  I purchased a Courier for $699 (plus postage
$15).  I plugged it in, sent an AT&F1&W to it and away we went - NO
FIDDLING.

Since then the Courier has been upgraded FREE to V.34 and V.34+ (plus fixes
to the V.FC code to make it conform to the Rockwell rendition of V.FC).

I have spent more money and developed more grey hairs fiddling around with
NetComm modems than I ever will with USR.

Expensive paperwieght it may be, but it's a fucking fine modem too if you
connect it to a computer.

David
(this annoucement has been authorised and paid for by the Bill Grimsley USR
FRZ Society)
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