Bill, at 10:07 on Jun 02 1996, you wrote to david begley ...

db>> Just be thankful your USR doesn't decide to turn into a 
db>> toaster at a moment's notice.  ;-)

BG> You may well laugh, but it appears that the latest US/Canada 
BG> SDL is killing USR's flash-ROM chips like flies at the 
BG> moment.  Mine happened to flash OK, whilst poor old Russell 
BG> managed to annihilate 60% of his Courier collection in just 
BG> one fell swoop.  3 out of his 5 are now fucked, and it 
BG> appears that they'll need to go back to the US for 
BG> replacement of the flash-ROM chip.

BG> I now await the expected snide comments from Rod and Paul...

The way I read one of Joe Thingy's message in USR_MODEM, it seems that the
flash ROM has a finite number of flashes it can take.

David
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