Russell, at 19:41 on Mar 02 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Bloody hell, that's the one with CID and distinctive ring, for fuck's 
BG> sake! How did you get hold of it?  USR haven't even officially released it 
BG> yet. 

RB> I sat back and waited till someone somewhere bragged, that they had it.
RB> A bloke in Sweden actually had it before anyone, but would not let anyone 
RB> freq it, So I logged in and snatched it.

You clever, cunning bastard!  The law means nothing to you, does it?  :)

BG> Obviously you've installed it in your modem, but I wonder if it will go 

RB> Yes I am using it and it actually  fixes the problem I had with the STD 
RB> pips.

Good to hear, as that was one of your main complaints with the Courier.

BG> into an
BG> Austel Courier as well (later SDLs are said to be able to do that) ?

RB> I have been told that it works on other modems outside of the US and that
RB> is why they took it off the internet. It would negate the need for country
RB> specific sdl's. and be like the old days. Couldn't have that could we.
RB> You can get it direct from USR if you ring them and prove that you are
RB> infact IN AMERICA, 

Yeah, I've since seen the bitching about that in the USR echo.

RB> I would like to see if David could try loading this one just once as is
RB> is suppose to be more or less a capable of loading on anything.

As long as he keeps his original SDL handy, just in case...  :)

Regards, Bill

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