Talk:Microcom

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I worked at Microcom in the late 80s.

Their first products were The Electronic Mailbox and the SX series of modems. The SX series was before my time and I don't know if it included error correction. I don't think that it did, but I believe it did include compression of (if my memory serves me) MNP class 2 which used SDLC as the link level protocol to improve throughput by eliminating the start and stop bits of the asynchronous protocols.

I am writing this because the early history here is inaccurate, but I do not have the information to fill in the blanks, as these products were before my time.

There also needs to be text added about the MicroPorte series of modems, as well as clarification about the relationship between Microcom and Rockwell.

Then there is the whole issue of the niche modem, the QX/12K which was based on the Hycom chip manufactured by Sharp Microelectronics.

I will try to add what I can.

Broh.

Go ahead and edit away! Just put in anything you can remember, I'd be happy to copyedit if it needs it. And what is the relationship between them and Rockwell? Maury 13:32, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

The relationship between Rockwell was that Microcom partnered with them to test modem devices using emulators, developing new modems as they went along. This allowed them to have a jump on the competitors who were also using Rockwell silicon, as Microcom usually announced a new product on the heals of the Rockwell announcement. This was done on the QX/V32c (my design) and V.fast and the V.90 products. Broh. 17:50, 18 December 2006 (UTC)Broh.