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To: stak who wrote (68082)	11/8/1998 3:19:00 AM
From: stak	Respond to of 186894

>>an optional wireless keyboard with integrated mouse<< This should be standard equipment. No excuses, standard equip even on the lo-ball $300 models.I know some will argue that it's OK to have a 40 ft. cable going from the STB to the keyboard and mouse... >> The unit also supports wired keyboards for applications where infrared is not possible.<< Anyone know which apps those are?? > Pentium(R) or Winchip(R) processor, operating at 166 to 300 MHz. The architecture of the T 6000 offloads routine machine tasks to three other processors in the box so the main processor, already very fast,<< They use a long obsolete chip to quarterback this unit. Actually the cpu isn't the critical part of the STB anyway so just a "already very fast" P166 is more than enough power. >>offloads routine machine tasks to three other processors<< Yes that's the way to do it. ASIC's and DSP's are better uses of silicon. >>These updates can be performed remotely over the network or at the box itself. << Yes. Very good! >>can be readily upgraded to as much as 128 MB of DRAM. This amount of memory helps reduce latency and enriches the quality of graphics and the functionality of other applications. << This will help more than adding more cpu. Nice first effort by Celerity.