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From: rex@otto.COM (Rex Jolliff)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: modems
Message-ID: <504@otto.COM>
Date: Tue, 28-Jul-87 04:39:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 28 04:39:20 1987
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In article <426@uop.UUCP> robert@uop.UUCP writes:
>the other day i was musing over something that had me abit
>angry a few months back...
>
>even with the prices plummeting, would it be cheaper to build a
>modem?
>
>where would i go about getting parts?

If I remember correctly, there was a curcuit cellar article in an issue of BYTE
magazine several months ago that talked about this axact thing.  He didn't
actually discuss the construction of the modem because it was too simple.  The
modem only used one chip! I believe the chip was called 'MOSART' or something
like that.  It did some amazing things according to the article, like detecting
busy/disconnected/ring signals, and even direct control of  A/D and D/A
converters connected to the audio channel(I think). The article made this chip
sound like it had everything but the kitchen sink.

If you wnat the name of the company and you can't find the right mag., let me
know and I'll dig it out of my pile of old bytes.

                                                            Rex
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