From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jan 27 12:46:39 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05945 for hardware-outgoing; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:46:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from persprog.com (root@persprog.com [204.215.255.203]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05804 for ; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 12:46:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@persprog.com) Received: by persprog.com (8.7.5/4.10) id PAA19735; Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:34:47 -0500 Received: from dave.ppi.com(192.2.2.6) by cerberus.ppi.com via smap (V1.3) id sma019730; Tue Jan 27 15:34:26 1998 Message-ID: <34CE44BF.380B975B@persprog.com> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:34:07 -0500 From: "David W. Alderman" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (WinNT; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom CC: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What is a good modem? References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Tom wrote: > Sportsters are not flashable, only Couriers. It is hoped that most > Couriers will be flashable to ITU. That might be a problem. K56Flex > modems are capable of auto-leveling to reach a max of 56k, but X2 modems > put out too high levels so are limited to 53k. This seems to be > limitation of the DSP on some of the Couriers and USR TC modems. USR > designed X2 to support as many USR modems as possible. I don't know if > the ITU will be as forgiving. My internal 56K Sportster appears to have a big flash ROM on it. It was part of a Dell Dimension. BTW. I think 56Kflex is the way to go (I got the Sportster as part of a package).