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At 01:13 AM 11/1/95 -0800, you wrote: >> Does the 701c/cs have a DSP chip? I noticed that it does have the sound and >> modem capabilities of the 755ce/cd/cx series, but cannot use the same Mwave >> drivers. If it doesn't have a DSP chip, what hardware does it have to allow >> for sound and modem functions? > >Yes, and no. >Apparently, it does use a DSP (which one, they don't say) for modem and >telephony functions - it can also act as an answering machine, a speakerphone, >etc. (although buying it as such may be kind of silly :) I've heard, by >net.rumor, that the modem cannot be upgraded to 28.8. > I have also heard that the modem is not upgradeable to 28.8. I have also heard that the DSP is manufactured by Yamaha. It is completely different from IBM's MWave. > >It would have been cool to have Mwave sound and upgradable modem capability - >but I guess that's the next generation (and why IBM is dumping 701's like mad). > again, net.rumor says that they did not have enough room in the 701 to stick in the MWave, which is quite a bit larger than the Yamaha chip. perhaps as the 701-series starts to use newer/smaller chipsets and/or lithium polymer technology, there will be enough room for an MWave.... i use a 755CE, and i definitely love the MWave! if only there were 32bit drivers for the MWave for, say, Windows NT..... (the 16bit drivers do work fine in Win95, however) ,Todd --------- Todd Tannenbaum CAE Model Advanced Facility email: tannenba@engr.wisc.edu ph: 608-262-3118