Re: pnp

tzanger (tzanger@huron.net)
Thu, 30 Apr 1998 13:12:38 -0400


>4. Apple one made a piece of junk (the geomodem?) that wasn't a modem.
> Unlike the others I've listed, it did not MODulate and DEModulate.
> Microsoft calls these "software modems", which is accurate. We'd
> need something like the soundmodem driver for it. (uncommon)

Most modems today don't modulate and demodulate like the old days. They
synthesize the proper waveform based on the constellation patterns (hence
all the DSP niftyness) and don't rely on a modulator or demodulator anymore.

Andrew

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