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From: sritchie@cs.ubc.ca (Stuart Ritchie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Using DSP as a modem
Summary: Would local sound be possible when DSP emulates a modem?
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Date: 6 Nov 90 23:14:22 GMT
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The idea has been floating around since the beginning, and it's
a nifty idea alright... but wouldn't this complicate local sound
a tad?

Suppose you were connected somewhere, using your (hypothetical)
NeXT DSP-based modem.  Since the DSP chip is busy acting as a modem,
what happens when an application wants to generate some audio?
(eg, ^G)

In general, I guess this is a problem of multiple applications trying
to access the DSP at the same time.  I wonder how this is handled...

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