FW: Hayes 56K (Again) (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Tue, 19 Aug 1997 05:23:03 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Jordan Mendelson shaped the electrons to say...
>What I don't understand is that Hayes tells me that this thing can not be
>flashed to 1.0, but it can be flashed to .519. They tell me that this version
>is not even flash upgradable which doesn't make sense because I can upgrade to
>.519.

There is more than one component in a modem.

I *think* it is something like the controller can be flashed but the DSP
itself is masked ROM. They were going to try to play games and get the
controller to help or something. Then Rockwell realized they were high
and decided not to do it.

Which left vendors like Hayes with non-upgradable product on the streets.

-MZ

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