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- From: wolfgang@netcom.com (Wolfgang Henke)
- Subject: Re: *** what's so good about zyxel modems? ***
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.204102.13127@netcom.com>
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 20:41:02 GMT
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- jAlex Candelaria (amcandel@eos.ncsu.edu) wrote:
- : I remember reading in a PC Magazine article about a year ago that
- : AT&T had a nifty little modem called a Comsphere something or other. I
- : remembered it because not only did it cost about $1500, but after buying the
- : modem, you could call their special support line and upgrade the ROMS online
- : no PROM burner needed... I think it got editors choice come to think of it...
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-
- What makes this ROM based technology so expensive in the Comsphere?
-
- Here I cite from the soft.modem file:
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- [... stuff deleted..]
- modulation standards. The data compression and AT command controller
- functions are also supported as integrated DSP algorithms making this
- single processor solution the industry's lowest-cost V.32bis and FAX
- modem design. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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- The SoftModem algorithms are stored in the host computer's memory and
- require the assistance of a totally RAM-based DSP hardware subsystem.
- The CCITT compatible data and FAX algorithms are downloaded via the PC
- bus into the external RAM on the DSP platform for traditional
- communications. The Digicom Systems SoftModem is compatible with the
- [... more stuff deleted..]
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