Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!oresoft!randy
From: randy@oresoft.UUCP (Randy Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Trailblazer vs. USR 9600 HST
Message-ID: <100@oresoft.UUCP>
Date: 24 Dec 87 19:49:45 GMT
References: <2473@killer.UUCP> <492@hscfvax.harvard.edu> <757@vixie.UUCP> <7907@e.ms.uky.edu>
Reply-To: randy@oresoft.UUCP (Randy Bush)
Organization: Oregon Software, Portland OR
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Summary: Only a ROM change: promises vs. history

In article <7907@e.ms.uky.edu> david@ms.uky.edu (David Herron -- Resident E-mail Hack) writes:
>Yeah, I was worried about that too ..
>so I called Mike Ballard to ask that and a few other questions.
>Every question I asked along these lines was answered that it
>would simply be a ROM change.

FidoNet folk got into Telebits a good while ago.  At the time, we were also
told that we would be able to follow the upgrade path with low cost ROM changes
all the way.  For that reason, many FidoNetters got Blazers (though many got
USR/HSTs too).

And then TeleBit announced the TB+.  Needless to say, there is considerable
flaming in the rlevant FidoNet echos on the subject.  Quite a few folk seem
too feel that they were misled, and now it will cost > $1000 to 'upgrade'.

I am not saying that Telebit was wrong, or the FidoNetters were either.  I
do suggest that we take promises that it will merely require a ROM change
with considerable salt, especially when coming from Telebit.
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