On Friday July 19 1996, Bill Grimsley wrote to John Piper ...

 JP> As for the Austel approval number, I have no idea where to even find it.
 JP> I posted a message about this the other day. Are there any USR V.34+
 JP> Couriers which are NOT Austel approved?

 BG> Sure, those which have been privately imported from the US.  Indeed, many
 BG> people actually prefer them to the Austel model.  For example, the current
 BG> US SDL had added Distinctive Ring, CID, Carrier Loss Redial, and an
 BG> X-modem SDL loader (no longer platform dependant), plus a few bug-fixes.
 BG> Austel Couriers will likely not have these features for quite a while yet.

Ah. I didn't import mine from the US though. Despite the extra features in
the non-Austel approved Couriers, I'm happy to wait until they become
available in the Australian models. I already have a modem which can do
more than most, so
I have no grounds to complain. :-)

 JP> I wonder whether my Courier is Austel approved or not. Since it came from
 JP> the Australian USR distributor, one would assume it is, but I have yet to
 JP> find any evidence of this marked somewhere on the base of the modem.
 JP> Other than the information panel, all I have is a sticker with a serial
 JP> number printed on it.

 BG> It SHOULD be stuck to the bottom of your modem, but if not, an ATI7 will
 BG> tell you if it's an Australian model or not.

My modem may have been sent up here before anyone slapped a sticker on it.
I do in fact have the Australian code. At least now I know that the
presence of this code (sticker or otherwise) indicates Austel approval. I'm
content.

John (japp{at}mpx.com.au)

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