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A measure of memory. 8 bits make up 1 byte, and offer 256 (2^8) different combinations.
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8 bits - On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 12:50:02 GMT, "MasterBlaster" put finger to keyboard and composed:With a few exceptions, most newer internals will be Winmodems.No brains onboard; Windows & the CPU have to do everything.Also known as "controllerless" or "software" modems.Actually, there are three types of internal modem, "soft",controllerless, and "hard" (controller based). Softmodems have a DAA(telephone line interface), controllerless modems have a DAA and DSP(digital signal processor), and "hard" modems have a DAA, DSP, andcontroller.Among other things, a modem's controller handles AT command parsing,UART emulation, data compression and error correction. These functionsdo not impact significantly on the host CPU. OTOH, the functions of aDSP are highly CPU intensive, so a softmodem (which emulates the DSPin software) may impact noticeably on CPU performance.Examples of softmodem chipsets are PCtel HSP, Motorola SM56,Smartlink, and Conexant HSF. Controllerless examples include ConexantHCF, Intel HaM, Lucent Win Modem, and USR Winmodem.Note that the term "Winmodem" is a USR trademark and refers to theirline of controllerless modems.- Franc Zabkar--Please remove one 's' from my address when replying by email.
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