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From: adam@one.net (Mark Knipfer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: USR x2 modems???
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 21:06:44 GMT
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On Thu, 13 Mar 1997 15:18:14 -0500, Jamie Bowden <jamie@inna.net> wrote:

>On Thu, 13 Mar 1997, Scott Thomason wrote:
>
>> Is there any reason one of the new USR x2 modems would not work on a
>> freebsd system, assuming the hardware is new enough that the UART
>> isn't an issue?
>
>Since X2 is unlikely to be FCC approved, I doubt it will ever ship.  So 
>no, there won't be any problems with it.  That and Rockwell bought USR.
>
>Jamie Bowden
>
>Network Administrator, TBI Ltd.
>

For one, 3Com bought USR, and secondly, the USR X.2 has been release for almost
a week now.


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