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- From: preston@nic.cerf.net (Preston L. Bannister)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: modem question: V.32/V.32bis
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- Date: 18 Aug 92 09:30:32 GMT
- References: <1992Aug16.020223.593@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1992Aug16.020619.710@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <19745@plains.NoDak.edu>
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- In article <19745@plains.NoDak.edu> wilken@plains.NoDak.edu (Scott Wilken) writes:
- >This modem uses the rockwell chipset doesnt it? If so, you probably want to
- >stay away from it.. There have been a great number of problems with V.32bis
- >modems based on rockwell's design....
-
- This is misleading.
-
- If you open up a modem based on the Rockwell chipset you will find two
- large chips with Rockwell labels, and PROMs or ROMs from the modem
- manufacturer. Most (all?) the problems have been with the board design
- or the firmware in the P/ROMs, which does _not_ come from Rockwell.
-
- So the real question is whether the modem manufacturer using the
- Rockwell chipset (i.e. Supra, Zoom, Twincom, Hayes, Lightcom, etc.)
- has done a good job...
-
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