> Just yesterday, I was handed a shrink-wrapped box, a USR Courier   
   > V.Everything modem. Opened it up, and felt like a kid on Christmas    
   > day. It's big, it's black, and it's got blinkenlights!   
      
    MP> I used to have one of those, though the sysop program.  It finally   
    MP> gave out a few years ago.  I sometimes wondered if I would have   
    MP> been better off not keeping up with the flash rom updates, but it   
    MP> might have also been the transformer that went on it.   
      
   sysop program modems have lifetime replacement warranties... you just have to   
   be able to show that it was gotten during the sysop program and that it has a   
   paper trail thru previous repairs and replacements... i've several of them   
   here and they have all been replaced numerous times thru the sysop program...   
   i have three or four that need to go back for replacement now and they have   
   been sitting for a few years since their breakage...   
      
   > I barely use my home line, but have unlimited local and long   
   > distance. I think it's time to call some BBSes while there are still    
   > dialups left!   
      
    MP> I still have dial-up!  ;-)   
      
   as do i and numerous others ;)   
      
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