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From: modems@telebit.UUCP (Modem Mail Account)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Updating Telebit TrailBlazers
Message-ID: <266@telebit.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 88 00:07:48 GMT
Organization: Telebit Corporation, Cupertine, CA
Lines: 43
Keywords: Update TrailBlazer V4.00 Interactive $99

Many questions have come in as a response to some of our earlier postings.
One of the most common is:

"How can I update my TrailBlazer Plus modems to V4.00?"

To help out the rest of you who might not even know that an update exists,
here is a brief overview of our update policy:

1. We currently offer two update kits. One is for the TrailBlazer modem,
   to provide the UUCP support and bug fixes present in pre-V3.01 code.
   The kit will upgrade your TrailBlazer modem (not the TrailBlazer Plus)
   to V3.01. The kit is part number RA12X-UK3. The cost is $124 for the
   set of four (4) PROMS. So if you have a TrailBlazer without UUCP
   protocol support, order this one.

2. If you have a TrailBlazer Plus (shipping since about November 1987, you
   will by definition have UUCP protocol, but in addition, you will also
   have Lempel-Ziv data compression. In late January 1988, we released an
   upgrade kit for the Plus, to provide improved interactive response.
   If you have a pre-V4.00 TrailBlazer Plus, and you'd like to improve
   the interactive delay NOTICEABLY, order the V4.00 Upgrade Kit, part
   number UK-T18SA. The cost for this two (2) PROM upgrade is $99 per modem.
   Please note that this kit is NOT appropriate for the old TrailBlazer.

3. To order either Upgrade Kit, just call our toll-free number, which is:

                            1-800-TELEBIT

   and tell the person what you want, and how many.

I hope that this helps clear the air about upgrading TrailBlazers.
Thanks to all of you who have responded to the previous postings. I will
try and keep them coming.

Regards,

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Richard Siegel                           Phone:                   (408) 996-2644
Senior Systems Engineer                  UUCP:  {uunet,ames,hoptoad}!telebit!rls
Telebit Corporation                      ARPA:  telebit!rls@ames.ARPA
                                
            "When the going gets tough, the weird turn pro"...HST
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