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- Subject: Re: PC-NFS PPP Serial/ISDN driver wanted
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- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 16:09:30 GMT
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- In article <CKD.93Jan20160821@loiosh.eff.org>, ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis) writes:
- >JG> == John Galloway <johng@informix.com>
- >
- > JG> Gee that would be nice, but I think unrealistic. This would mean that
- > JG> a single unit would likely sell for 160-200, which is less than a v.32
- > JG> modem. Given the couple of extra items (like a LANCE chipe set, and
- > JG> the NT1) an isdn/ethernet bridge should cost a bit more than a modem.
- > JG> So say 400-500 in singles and maybe 250-300 in quanity. Or so it
- > JG> seems to me.
- >
- >DSPs cost money, too; there's a LOT of computing power inside a V.32/bis
- >modem, after all (probably more than the first multiuser system I used, and
- >certainly more than the first computer I had to myself...).
- >--
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- > * Christopher Davis * <ckd@eff.org> * <ckd@kei.com> * [CKD1] * MIME * RIPEM *
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- The CPU in a typical rockwell-based V.32bis modem runs at 20Mhz. That should
- give you a little bit of a picture.
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- Alex
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