John, at 23:06 on Dec 21 1996, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

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BG>> Rockwell and Lucent (sp?) Technologies will apparently be 
BG>> offering 56k protocols which are purportedly 100% compatible 
BG>> with each other, but (as usual), USR have rather stupidly 
BG>> decided to go it alone with x2, which is compatible with 
BG>> absolutely nothing else whatsoever.

JP> In that case, I see no reason to upgrade to the x2 
JP> technology it if is not compatible with anything else.

JP> Is USRobotics trying to form a boys' club on this one, 
JP> because it certainly seems that way. Why point is there in 
JP> having x2 if nobody else supports it?

What point is there in having HST if nobody else supports it?

David
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