On 13/12/01 10:14, "Eric L. Strobel" <fyzycyst_at_home.com> wrote:
> at the temporal coordinates: 12/13/01 9:59 AM, the entity known as Laurent
> Daudelin at laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com conveyed the following:
>
>>
>> On 13/12/01 04:38, "Ben Smith (QM Systems)" <ben.smith_at_qm-systems.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
>>>> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Raj Patel
>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 8:47 AM
>>>> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Apple Repair SUCKS
>>>>
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> I'd love a TiBook or iBook - although I hear they've gone to the
>>>> evil WinModem/Software Modem thing on latest revisions. Nasty.
>>>>
>>>> Raj.
>>>>
>>> <snip>
>>>
>>> This is not new for Apple, AFAIK Apple had software modems years
>>> before the dreaded 'winmodem', The 'DAA' modems in powerbooks were
>>> software modems I believe.
>>
>> Hmmm, I think you have been mistaken. There has been a "real" hardware modem
>> in the last models of PowerBook, including the Titanium G4. The last
>> "software" model was found in the Centris/Quadra 660AV and the Quadra 840AV.
>> Those 2 Macintosh were using the GeoPort adapter, with a software modem.
>>
>> -Laurent.
>
> Actually, PowerMacs up through the 7x00, 8x00, and 9x00 had Geoports, as did
> a number of clones and the PowerMac G3 AIO (all-in-one). The beige G3
> appears to be when Apple abandoned the Geoport.
You're right, I forgot. The 660AV and the 840AV were the only one to have an
AT&T DSP chip that would handle the analog to digital signal processing, but
you're right that early PowerMacs were also able to do it, using the main
microprocessor.
-Laurent.
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