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From: wayer@oracle.uucp (William Ayer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: The existance of a Software Modem and Fax Machine...
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.214415.27530@oracle.com>
Date: 19 Mar 91 21:44:15 GMT
Reply-To: wayer@oracle.uucp (William Ayer)
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    At a demonstration of the NeXT machine two years ago, Jobs suggested
that the DSP chip would allow programmers to create a software modem / fax
machine (very little hardware would be needed i.e. a cable).  Was this
suggestion wishful thinking, or could such a beast exist?

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