From: "Cyrano Jones" <cyranojones_lalp@...>
May 23, 2004
I would agree, the 120 and 150 are nearly identical, and
probably not even much difference in the software.
I have a 120, and on the back of the case it says
"mivo 200". Does anybody here remember when the models
were 100, 200, 300? And what the difference was between 100, and 200?
I've nerer even seen a 200 listed on ebay, did they ever release one?
I bet the 120 is a reflashed 200. My 120 has 3 layers of serial
number stickers.
I also have a strong hunch that the "white mailstations" (mivo 100/mailstation 100)
are really leftover e-message units, reflashed to version 3.03a.
The emessage's, that AFAIK were marketed thru phone companies,
functioned as a caller id device, and the 100's have the caller id
chip, but no caller id function.
I have a white emessage unit, with v2.21 software. The lowest
version I have seen in a brown unit is 2.22.
Also, my white mailstation 100 has a second serial#
sticker over the original.
I noticed that most of the serial numbers I had started with 99.
But then I noticed one that started with 00, and it was newer.
And my 150 starts with 01, And then I noticed the only
white one I had started with 02. At first it seemed odd
that the oldest had the highest serial numbers, then I
realized it was probably a date code. If it works like
the date codes on IC chips (4 digits), then the first 4 digits
of the serial number is YYWW (2 digit year, 2 digit week,
where last week in Dec. is 52)
Real interesting, I know, but I peeled the sticker off of
my 100, and the one on the bottom had date code in 99!
So thats why I think the white ones are really the oldest
models, just with a "newer" version of the software. And
as far as I can tell, the main differences are: This new
version has no caller id, even though the caller id chip is
still inside; The fax send has been removed; They are
now limited to a single user.
The clipmail commands (that are embedded in certain special
email messages) come in over the phone line.
See messages 83, 90, 91.
Cyrano Jones