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From: desnoyer@Apple.COM (Peter Desnoyers)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT high speed modem
Keywords: V.32, 9600bps full duplex
Message-ID: <19006@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 19 Oct 88 00:02:28 GMT
References: <1583@oakhill.UUCP>
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1583@oakhill.UUCP> bryant@oakhill.UUCP (Bryant Wilder) writes:
> 
>now i am sure some of you, especially modem jockeys, will
>dispute that a full spec, no cheating V.32 cannot be done in
>just one motorola dsp56001, but i assure you it is true.  i 

It's been implemented on less powerful processors as well,
although with a certain amount of brilliance in the design.
Perhaps the least CPU power for a full V.32 would be the
UDS box, with 6 first-generation DSP chips. (I forget who 
made them, but they're slow, small, no external memory, etc.)
The other extreme might be NEC (I think - if not then it might
have been Fujitsu) with 10 TMS32010's. Your average numeric
programmer might not be able to put a V.32 on a dsp56001; the
best might be able to put two (I doubt three) on a single chip.