Hi Dennis,
For your information,,, I just received a shippment of  56k Flex PCI, full
duplex, voice data fax modems that are PNP .  so these items do exist and
work extremely well and also supply video conferencing capabilities and
simultaneous Voice Data  transmissions
Joe Bishop
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David Gillett wrote:

> On 24 Mar 98 at 21:24, Dennis Stephens wrote:
>
> > The issue my associate is faced with concerns the availability of ISA
> > slots and the peripherals that the person is using.  My associate has a
> > slot one motherboard with only two ISA slots and this person needs at
> > least three.  Hence, the need to investigate the option of using a PCI
> > modem.
>
>   It is still possible to find Slot 1 motherboards with three ISA
> slots; in a more perfect world, this requirement would have factored
> into the purchase decision.
>   Although I know of no PCI modems, as such, there are sound cards
> and network adaptors using PCI.  You haven't listed the other two ISA
> cards in use, but it's possible that one of them may be upgradable to
> PCI.  [If the machine is anything like mine, the other is a legacy
> card for which a newer substitute, if available, is impractical.]
>
> David G