edlee@chinet.chi.il.us (Edward Lee) (06/23/89)
I saved the following message from Fidonet or Internet last year. Is there any truth to the second paragraph about the Motorola DSP56001 being capable of acting as a V.32 modem at the price Eric Larson mentions? >From: Eric Larson >To: All Msg #18, 25-Oct-88 09:52am >Subject: High Speed MUCH Cheaper? [....] >BUT, a new player has emerged - the Motorola DSP56001 - it's a digital signal >processor, basically a very fast A/D + D/A converter that has appeared in some >speciallized Mac II sound boards, and the new NeXT machine. The interesting >thing about this chip is that it's powerful enough to be programmed to act as >a V.32 modem (Motorola claims they have completed the low level programming >for this application), and the price is $56. In single quantities yet. This >thing has been shipping since March 1987 -.... -Ed L