BG> Good point.  The CPU and DSP are much the same in both models,
BG> so it's not as if the V.32bis model lacks the grunt.  However,
BG> the EPROM is surface-mounted (and soldered) from memory, plus
BG> I'm sure there are other major differences which would virtually
BG> make such an upgrade difficult, if not impossible.

RS> Some suggestion that they have gone that way with the
RS> latest batch of V34+ Sporsters too, no more socket.
RS> Someone, Gene from memory, waffled about flashrom, but its
RS> more likely its a soldered in rom now. Fuck that for a joke.

BG> I was under the impression that the ROM was soldered
BG> only in the DSVD Sportie, which is indeed a flash-ROM model.
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Conference: USR_Modems
Date: 1996-03-22,23:25
From: John Lucci
To: John Hyde
Subject: 33.6 Must Use Windows?

We got a new shipment of Sporty 33.6s and for the first time the
ROMS were not socketed like they have been in the past.. I'm pissed..
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USR seems to have a quite remarkable capacity for brain
farts. The recent SDL fiasco is another example of it.

BG> In fact, I'd go as far as to say that no manufacturer in their
BG> right mind would fail to socket their EPROMS, something which
BG> would make bugfixes and upgrades an absolute fucking nightmare.

Yeah, totally bonkers IMO. Be interesting to watch how that pans out.

BG> I can't recall a single V.34 or V.FC modem where
BG> the ROM wasn't socketed (although I suppose that
BG> sooner or later, some fuckwit will get around to it)...

Yeah, bound to happen. Some of the low end of
the 486 motherboards have soldered in cpus too.
@EOT:

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