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Re: AMQUEST Modem Question
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David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 31 Aug 1998 14:23:56 -0800
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On 30 Aug 98 at 23:16, Bob Chapel wrote:

> Bought an AMQUEST 56k HYPER- modem (made by KDS) from Tiger Software.
> My IPS doesn't yet have V.90 support so I am using it as a 33.6
> Problem is ...it is massively SLOW loading Web pages.

  Found technical information at

http://www.amquestmodem.com/Products_40.html

Note that there are TWO models depicted, and the lower one is a
"WinModem" which uses your CPU (running the modem's drivers) in
place of controller hardware.  If that's the model you've got,
a slow (old or inexpensive) CPU may be slowing you down.

David G

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