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Re: Linux/Solaris/Windows on Notebook



On Fri, 19 Apr 1996 08:27:00 +0200 (IST), you wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Apr 1996, GAL Goldschmidt wrote:
>
>> > Standard modems use standard interface (COM) and does not need
>> > special drivers (Gal). I guess that I have to ask Motorola (or
>> > Pelephone) whether Cellect is included in this category. Does
>> > anybody know if its MNP-10 feature is hardware-only or should
>> > it require a special driver?
>> 
>> MNP-x, V.X are all software of course, but are from the second layer
>> of the OSI and the Modem run them by itself, 
>> it is burned in a prom,Eprom or with the most expansive modems
>> on flash.  
>
>sorry to barge in with an off-topic message, but V.X can be the speed, 
>and that is DEFINITLY a Rockwell chip change, while V.42(bis) and MNP up 
>to level 7 are 2nd OSI layer and up, MNP10 concerns layer 1, and DOES 
>require hardware support, as it needs to controll amplitude and frequency 
>corections that are NOT controllable outside the Rockwell controller.
Can you elaborate on what function does MNP level 10 adds, which requires
controlling amplitude and frequency?

Udi