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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Connecting the NeXT box to phone lines -- Where is my RJ11??
Summary: Yep, Trailblazer uses a TI DSP
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Date: 26 Oct 88 17:19:32 GMT
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Yes, the chip used in the Trailblazer is a standard part  made by
Texas Instrments.  Most of the Trailblazers I've seen use a General
Instruments second-souce part that is the functional equivalent of
TI's.  I can't find the datasheet, so I'll let somebody else qoute
the performance data.  The Motorola part in the Next machine is a
higher performance DSP, I believe it is safe to say.

It would be neat if somebody would put together a software based
Trailblazer for the NeXT machine.  I know NeXT is working on some
sort of 9600 bps modem, but I haven't heard any details on wheter
or not it will conform to one of the "v." [proposed] standards.

--Bill