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I have to agree.
For example, I have a p75 laptop that I use with a xircom
56k modem (ethernet combo) pcmcia card. Works fine.
I can believe that software-based win-modems could have
trouble on slower machines, but I can't imagine how a
hardware-based modem running at 56 kilobits / second
could possibly tax a multi-megahertz machine of any kind.
If the mother's-in-law telephone lines will support it, 56k
really is an improvement over 28.8k. If you can't find a
hardware-based isa internal modem, why not look at
an external 56k serial-pot modem. I can't imagine any
reason your machine would have trouble with that.
Ultra <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > Have an old Gateway 2000 P5-60 "antique' that still runs fine. I am
> > passing it along to my mother in law who wants to become internet
> > certified *g*. The machine has been matched with an external 28.8
> > modem. Want to install a 56k internal modem in this machine.. Can a
> > P5-60 mhz machine accept a 56k modem ?
> > ...
> >
> If it is a internal "hard" modem, like most ISA modem card, the answer is
> Yes. The sad news is, todays market is filled up with soft modem
> (win-modem), a P5-60 will not be fast enough to take such modem. I would
> recommand to stay with the 28.8k external unless you can still find a ISA
> hardware based modem.
> Just remember, when you buy modem, you have to make sure it's hardware
> based.
Frank R.Brown
Frank.R.Brown@MailAndNews
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