In praise of winmodems.

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Hi,

On Sun, Dec 27, 1998 at 10:55:18AM -0600, Robert J. Brown wrote:
>     Gert> That's what I would expect as well.  Half-duplex
>     Gert> transmission, with max. 14400 bps.
> It was my understanding that the winmodems used the host cpu for more
> than just bit-banging; they used it for DSP functions also, so the
> load on the cpu could get pretty heavy for even a single modem.

Well, yes.  Definitely.  But then, a P200MMX is pretty fast (look at
your favourite action game :) ), and it should easily handle fax, maybe
even 2-3 fax lines.  Good programming assumed, which is pretty tricky
for DSP stuff...

gert
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