> Just yesterday, I was handed a shrink-wrapped box, a USR Courier
> V.Everything modem. Opened it up, and felt like a kid on Christmas 
> day. It's big, it's black, and it's got blinkenlights!

 MP> I used to have one of those, though the sysop program.  It finally
 MP> gave out a few years ago.  I sometimes wondered if I would have
 MP> been better off not keeping up with the flash rom updates, but it
 MP> might have also been the transformer that went on it.

sysop program modems have lifetime replacement warranties... you just have
to be able to show that it was gotten during the sysop program and that it
has a paper trail thru previous repairs and replacements... i've several of
them here and they have all been replaced numerous times thru the sysop
program... i have three or four that need to go back for replacement now
and they have been sitting for a few years since their breakage...

> I barely use my home line, but have unlimited local and long
> distance. I think it's time to call some BBSes while there are still 
> dialups left!

 MP> I still have dial-up!  ;-)

as do i and numerous others ;)

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