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<Mark@dread0.demon.co.uk> writes:
> <Rob@robwilde.demon.co.uk> writes
> 
> >I saw an advert in MicroMart for a 33.6 modem that uses the CPU to do the grunt-
> >work 
> >for a modem, with just a phone cable as hardware, the rest being implemented in 
> >software.  Does anyone have any experience of such a beast?  Particularly, is a 
> >P120 enough to use one when running web-browsers, retrieving mail and news,
> >and so on?  Is the software interface easy enough to use without getting
> >annoyed?
> >
>  I think you are getting confused on this issue. I think the 33.6 modems
> you mention are known as HSP (Host Signal Processor) which uses some of
> the Pentium's power to drive it's card (probably to obtain the 33.6
> connection speed instaed of 28.8). The modem has no UART connection
> (makes the modem cheaper to make) so is set up through a software driver
> device using COM 4. 

I often get confused.  :-)  It was just a thought anyway, I wouldn't touch something like 
that with a bargepole unless I'd heard *lots* of favourable reviews.

Thanks anyway.
-- 
Robert Wilderspin