Sourcing an old USRobotics USB modem — allegedly in ‘working’ condition — he proceeded to strip the modem board of many of its components to make room for the new electronic guts.

US Robotics' (USR) x2 modem technology, which provides a 56Kbps transmission rate, may well be the last gasp of the traditional analog modem. The fact that 56Kbps is only possible in one direction ...

When the first of these modems were introduced last year, they conformed to one of two standards: The X2 standard was developed by US Robotics, the leading manufacturer of stand-alone modems ...