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From: schuster@cup.portal.com (Michael Alan Schuster)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Inexpensive 9600 baud modems
Message-ID: <36199@cup.portal.com>
Date: 24 Nov 90 12:42:10 GMT
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[in reference to my question "will the PP9600SA support V.32bis?"]
 > > At some future date, when Rockwell releases a V.32bis card to
 > > replace the R9696 card in your PP9600, it might be possible to
 > > upgrade by replacing half the guts of your modem.

>Ok, then the next question becomes, "Should I care?"  I didn't realize that
>such an upgrade would be as nasty as replacing the entire R9696.  Ouch.


It depends on what your priorities are. If you need to establish V.32
connections =now=, then you might not care. If you must have the latest
and greatest, you might want to wait a while ... at least long enough to
find out what upgrade policies, if any, will be announced.

Intel doesn't know what V.32bis is ... PP is looking at it ...
USR will probably try to sell you a whole new modem after taking
your old one as a "trade in". Hayes ... dunno. Toby Nixon is probably
listening, so perhaps we'll get an answer from Hayes :-)