The old Modem Surfr series.
http://v90.motorola.com
>Does anybody has any information on where we can find updates for Motorola
chipsets!
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>Gent
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>At 05:38 PM 4/20/99 -0400, Dick St.Peters wrote:
>>> > Why call it firmware? It's basically a .VXD file that windoze uses.
>>>
>>> well, it's not hardware and it's a sub-set of software which is only to
>>> drive hardware, thus 'firm'ware. I guess you could call it a driver.
In
>>> all, unless there is some consensus and the term that should be used, I
>>> believe that describing it as firmware is best, as though off-loaded for
>>> processing by the main CPU, it's the same functionality as if it were
>>> loaded onto the modem itself.... ;)
>>
>>Calling it firmware is a mis-use of the term. [Soft,firm,hard]ware
>>refer to the ease of change. Firmware is changed by reprogramming a
>>PROM or programming a new ROM ... easier than rebuilding hardware but
>>not as trivial as modifying software.
>>
>>Drivers are software. At the rate they change these days, one might
>>even call them squishyware ...
>>
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