23 Apr
2012
23 Apr
'12
3:18 p.m.
On 23 Apr 2012 at 14:14, Fred Cisin wrote:
Were they really the same company? (It must have
been the Sportster
"division" that survived to become the one that Will Smith dealt
with.)
When the V.Everything came out, I received word of it and that USR
was offering an upgrade program. I had a V.34 Courier, so I called
them and they charged my credit card for something like a $50 upgrade
fee. When I asked them if they wanted me to return the V.34, they
said, no--you keep it.
On the HST upgrades, they'd ship a new PROM and SRAM and make sure
that you sent the old ones back. If you didn't, they'd pester you to
do so. I never did figure out what use they had for old used
components. On the V.34 upgrades, you got to keep the old SRAM chip.
Nice people, but a strange company.
Anyone here remember the early USR (ca. 1977-79?) It was at a
Wescon, NCC or some other trade show that I think I remember them
showing an all-in-one computer (keyboard, display, disk drives and
printer in a large black case). If it wasn't USR, it was some outfit
with "Robotics" as part of their name.
Can anyone help out with a fading memory?
--Chuck