[comp.dcom.modems] USR and CompuServe

WILLIAMS@GAMMA.IS.TCU.EDU (01/12/91)

[Paraphrased from US Robotics Press Release:]

Compuserve purchased 500 HST Dual Standard modems.
CS Person-In-Charge of Purchase (PIP) said that they chose USR, in part,
due to USR's proposal to upgrade the 500 units to v.32bis in the near future.

I've ordered my second v.32bis Dual Standard and it should be here in a
week or so.  When it arrives, I'll put it through its paces and summarize
for the net.  In the mean time, the first one I got (serial # xxxx-0017) has
performed flawlessly (though I have yet to connect with another v.32bis
modem, hence the order for the second) with both v.32 connections and HST
connections.

USR has, however, made a change to the unit.  They ship the v.32bis Dual
with a cube-type hang-out-of-the-wall power supply, replacing the older
more desired black-brick-with-wires-out-of-each-end model.  Too bad.

Cheers,

williams.gamma.is.tcu.edu

schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster) (01/17/91)

>`What I'd really like to know about the USR line of high-speed modems
>is why they use the SAME MANUAL for the 14.4Kbps HST, the HST Dual
>Standard, the Courier V.32, and the Courier V.32bis.  manages

OK, I'll bite.
Because they all pretty much work the same, plus or minus a specific S-register
or two.