In <[log in to unmask]>, on 06/23/99

   at 03:26 PM, Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]> said:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jan Lambert <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 1:52 PM
>Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] 8 BIT ISA SLOT


>>>There are several 56K modems available for the ISA slot. Virtually
>>all ISA format modems are 8-bit. I've had good luck with USR, Zoom
>>and Viva modems in the past, and am running a Sportster 56K
>>Faxmodem now.
>>
>I have a voice/faxmodem in one of our computers that takes up a
>few of the traces in the "16-bit" part of its ISA slot.  That is,
>if I put it in an eight-bit slot, some of the connector would not
>be in the slot.  I was under the impression (not having worked
>with voice modems much) that this was necessary for the voice
>part to work ...

I haven't used a voice modem, but it does make sense that the
audio port would work better with a wide port, or perhaps the card
is making the extended DMA and IRQ channels available.

jan lambert
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