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- From: geoff@zswamp.UUCP (Geoffrey Welsh)
- Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
- Subject: Re: Request for info: Rockwell Chipsets
- Message-ID: <2ok6VB3w165w@zswamp.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 17:08:36 EST
- References: <BzJ2pr.DLJ@ns1.nodak.edu>
- Organization: Izot's Swamp
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- wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken) writes:
-
- > Could someone summarize the known problems with Rockwell's V.32bis chipset?
-
- I believe that the general problem with Rockwell-based moems is not in the
- bugs and oddities of the chipsets themselves, but rather that everyone and his
- brother with a few bucks and no electronics experience can buy Rockwell chips
- and 'build' a modem around them. The manufacturers that know how to build
- good modems - and who are willing to spend the money to make them that way -
- probably make decent Rockwell-based modems. The no-name organizations in the
- Orient (and elsewhere, I suppose) that just slap a minimal modem together
- based on the examples in Rockwell's technical application notes make lousy
- quality modems.
-
- Perhaps someone with design experience with Rockwell chipsets (Ashok? Are
- you still around?) can provide examples of specific problems and an idea of
- how relevant my theory is. <grin>
-
- Geoffrey Welsh, 7 Strath Humber Court, Islington, Ontario, M9A 4C8 Canada
- geoff@zswamp.uucp, [xenitec.on.ca|m2xenix.psg.com]!zswamp!geoff (416)258-8467
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