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On Wed, 2 Jul 1997, Tom Franklin wrote: > Copied from http://www3.pc.ibm.com/support/techinfo/45e6.html > > MWave Modem - Past, Present and Future > > All this is possible because, uniquely in the Modem world, the MWave > Modem is completely software-driven. Other implementations may be > easier to configure initially, but hardwiring a Modem's logic or > burning code into EPROM makes speed-upgrading (and indeed bug fixing) > difficult if not impossible. They seem to be completely unaware of the USR Couriers. One of my Couriers started as a v.32bis only modem, then after a free daughterboard upgrade it supported 28.8. Then one free flash code update later it did 33.6. Then after a free flash update [if you signed up during the right time frame] it can do the USR x2 56K protocol. About 3-3.5 years after I bought it it is still basically up to current spec. Building a modem around an 80186 and two TI DSP's can work wonders. USR also claims it'll be able to handle the final 56K spec whenever it gets here. Most people are surprised that my old modem with a front panel saying it is a v.32bis modem can still do as well as it does.. =) ============================================================================ ==== Steve Parker ==== San Luis Obispo, CA ==== Multi-OS & Multitasking ==== ============================================================================