On Dec 05 14:37 96, Mark Griffiths of 3:640/305 wrote:

MG>  -=> Quoting Dave Hatch to Mark Griffiths <=-

DD>>> The latest PC World mag arrived on my desk today.

DD>>> Banksia Press release announces the imminent arrival of the 
DD>>> 56k banksia modem (second half 1997).

MG>> If at least 7 months is imminent, I'd hate to see in the pipeline.

DH>> We have.  Official release of Australian 33.6 USR SDL code 
DH>> is "in the pipeline".

MG> There is an official Australian 33.6k SDL.  If you check out 
MG> ftp.usr.com/usr/dl05/sdl_61.exe you will find that that is 33.6k code that
MG> will only load into Australian Couriers and it is on the USR ftp site so
MG> it must be official.

I _HAVE_.  That particular filename is now back at 28800 - the 33.6k
capability was withdrawn.  (It may have toggled again - I haven't rechecked
in the last three or four months.)

The original version was 33.6.  The same filename now bloody well isn't.

DH>> (Wonder just how _long_ that bloody pipe _is_... )

MG> The above code is now over 12 months old, so you point is quite true about
MG> it being a long pipe...  Having said that, someone in this echo said that
MG> they had spoken to the distributers at the PC96 and was told that we should
MG> be getting a new X2 SDL early next year...  Of course that could be total
MG> lies and fabrication on the part of the distributer of course... :-(

Regrettably, I consider it quite possible.  56k won't work, and we know it,
and likely the distributors know it.  There MAY be a 64k variant, ready for
European sales.  In the graciousness of the CIA toward their allies, we
might be permitted to use it, granted that we bow deeply enough first...:-(

Then again, it may simply be sales hype.

Regards,
Dave Hatch.

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