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echo: hs_modems
to: DAVID WEI
from: RICK COLLINS
date: 1997-04-17 21:00:00
subject: 4400cps on a 33600/3

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dw> Lemme see, can I plug my old 486DX-33 CPU into my Courier? It is
dw> remarkably faster than the 80188 that they are using... :) even
dw> my old, ancient 80286 10Mhz would be a bit faster... :) maybe
dw> they should have lefted a socket for us to plug in the
dw> "compression co-processor" 
They did.  It's the much-derided "Winmodem".  It is my prediction
that Winmodem technology will, in fact, be the more common type of
modem - precisely because of the flexibility possible in that design
when used in an operating system with sufficient horsepower.
Wait and see. :-)
TTFN. Rick.
Ottawa, ON 17 Apr 21:03 
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