Dito. Would be silly to drop K56Flex now that V.PCM is closing in. This would mean they would have to implement X2 on their chips _now_ and V.PCM when it comes which would actually slow down V.PCMs coming. The only target can be to get rid of _both_ proprietary systems ASAP, not to change in one for another. > USR, seeing the handwriting on the wall, finally came to the table. > The new ISO-56 [for lack of a better term..] will be some of > each.... Which is typical standardization behavior - nobody should have too much advantages. When ISO-8859-1 was designed it was "inspired" by DEC MCS, but to not give DEC too much advantages 4 characters were changed. V.PCM (AFAIK it already has this name, may be the ITU assigns some number to it but V.PCM is the widespread used term for the standard to come) will be similar - it will be a best-features merger of the two (and if that means it's 99% x2 or 99% KFlex it will be made in- compatible for abovementioned reasons). If it would only be there already... -- Kanther-Line: PGP SSH IDEA MD5 GOST RIPE-MD160 3DES RSA FEAL32 RC4 +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+ | o | \\\- Brain Inside -/// | o | | o | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ | o | | o | Andre' Beck (ABPSoft) beck@ibh-dd.de XLink PoP Dresden | o | +-o-+--------------------------------------------------------+-o-+ ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <HR> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11832.html">(ASCEND) K56 and X2</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: "Paul Huish" <Paul.Huish@onyx.net></LI> </UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg11839.html">Re: (ASCEND) K56 and X2</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11848.html">RE: (ASCEND) Ascend 4048 probe to dialups</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11845.html">Re: (ASCEND) 5.0Ap38 for the MAX products</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11844.html">Re: (ASCEND) K56 and X2</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg11911.html">Re: (ASCEND) K56 and X2</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail3.html#11849"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd284.html#11849"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>