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- From: amcandel@eos.ncsu.edu (jAlex Candelaria)
- Subject: Re: *** what's so good about zyxel modems? ***
- Message-ID: <1993Jan23.055951.22823@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
- References: <1993Jan19.062116.15191@netcom.com> <1993Jan22.073117.29405@netcom.com>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 05:59:51 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1993Jan22.073117.29405@netcom.com> wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke) writes:
- >Dragon (David Fiedler) (fiedler@netcom.com) wrote:
- >: Isn't there a manufacturer who makes "flash memory" based modems, so you
- >: can just download the new ROM and store it in the modem? Seems a lot
- >: easier than finding a PROM burner...
- >
- >Are you familiar with Digicom's soft modem technology? Its RAM based, so that
- >you download your modem software into DSP RAM in the modem. An info file
- >is available at ftp.rahul.net /pub/wolfgang/soft.modem by the way.
- >
- >
- >
- >--
- > _________________________________________________________________________
- > Wolfgang Henke Data lanes not car pool lanes wolfgang@netcom.com
- >
-
- I remember reading in a PC Magazine article about a year ago that
- AT&T had a nifty little modem called a Comsphere something or other. I
- remembered it because not only did it cost about $1500, but after buying the
- modem, you could call their special support line and upgrade the ROMS online
- no PROM burner needed... I think it got editors choice come to think of it...
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- Alex
- amcandel
- candel in the morning
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- amcandel@eos.ncsu.edu
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