Tuesday, 13 August 1996 07:23:24, Alvin Brinson wrote to Warren
Zatwarniski Subject: Changes Supra Rom 1.1440-017
 AB> I honestly have come to believe that there are some 288i
 AB> v.34 flash ROM capable models that cannot be upgraded to 33.6,
 AB> and Supra has chosen not to admit this.
 AB> I have emailed Supra three (3) times and not received an
 AB> answer. My last email was only 2 days ago, but the first was well
 AB> over a week ago.
 AB> Therefore, with no reply from supra with any ideas what
 AB> causes this, I can see no other answer than that some Supra
 AB> modems, even if they *DO* have flash ROM capability, and even if
 AB> they *DO* take the flash, just cannot be upgraded to 33600. I
 AB> just wish supra would be brave enough to ADMIT that.
Alvin...
 Supra has released numerous messages in this echo about this very
 thing...
 I've deleted most from my database but here is some info from the few
 I have left...
  As for them not getting back to you... It is summer and people are
  away on holidays so no need to be so suspicious, its not a conspiracy.
  ___________________________________________________________________
  D>needs to be sent to the factory. Why? This is my ATI3:
  D>RC 288DPi REV 05BA
        We sold that modem as a 28.8k unit, and we didn't think
        ANY of them would go faster (Except the Sonic, which using
        different hardware).   By a fluke, the majority of the units
        sold happened to work at 33.6k due to the parts supplied from
        Rockwell, but it could just have easily turned out that only
        the Sonic would support speeds above 28.8k.   
-Patrick Moore
 Sysop of Supra BBS 
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  Diamond Multimedia's Communications Division is pleased to announce our 
plans
for a 33.6 Kbps upgrade program. All existing 288 modem owners will have the
option of upgrading their modems the 33,600 bps standard. [...]
stuff cut out
Most V.34 SupraFAXModem owners will also be able to upgrade the modem through 
a
flasher utility. However, some will require a $40 hardware upgrade. A program
will be available for download to determine which upgrade path you will need 
to
take.
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this was clipped from a message originally written by Patrick Moore
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V1.440-09-V34_DP
SupraFAXModem 288i
Built: May 24 1996 13:17:36
SupraFAXModem 288i
101=Class 1 FAX           104=Class 2 FAX           115=V.17 14.4Kbps FAX
120=World Wide support    121=V.23                  123=Blacklisting
140=V.32bis 14.4Kbps data 141=SilentAnswer          142=CallerID
143=MNP10                 144=MNP10/Cellular        146=AT\S config display
147=V.FC 28.8Kbps data    149=V.FC 24.0Kbps data    150=Enhanced &F options
151=Enhanced rate control 153=V.34 28.8Kbps data    154=SilentAnswer Plus
157=RINGING response code 180=16550 UART            181=SupraSMART UART
186=V.80 Sync Access Mode 190=FLASH memory          201=V.34 33.6Kbps data
                                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   
RC288DPi Rev 05BA
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The flash works in the about revision and if you look at the 201 code you'll
see what it says.
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These are excerpts from 3 messages I found in a quick scan of my
database. I'm sure there were a lot more I deleted after reading.
the common thread is that some NOT ALL 288 modems can be upgraded
to 33.6 with a flash...
 The modem MUST have the RC288DPi Rev 05BA datapump for this to work
 ATI3 will tell you if you have this datapump.
 -=> TTYL... Garth Ramsay <=-
.!. The moving cat sheds, and having shed, moves on...
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