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From: ed@uunet!dtgcube (Edward Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Will the Next sell?
Message-ID: <1989Nov30.101515.2084@uunet!dtgcube>
Date: 30 Nov 89 10:15:15 GMT
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In-Reply-To: rlp@beach.cis.ufl.edu's message of 30 Nov 89 02:42:38 GMT


It is possible, in theory, to implement a 19.2k baud modem on the NeXT machine
using the DSP and some relatively cheap hardware. I heard at the developer camp
that original versions of the Cube has this hardware.  Apparently it was removed
because it violated import regulations in certain countries where telephone
equipment is regulated.

I have looked around for source to implement such a thing, but have had no luck.
I suspect that NeXT has code laying around somewhere (?).

A Trailblazer 2 is expensive (but nice!); the roughly 14+k throughput, however,
makes for a reasonable medium of data exchange for moderate sized files (say,
in the low-megabytes range).  It's also faster than mail-order.
-- 
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