> -----Original Message-----
> From: PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of David Gillett
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 1998 6:27 PM
>
>
> On  1 Jun 98 at 21:33, Ron Sisk wrote:
>
> >   My computer is a Packard Bell 486DX running Windows 3.1.1 with a
> > 9600bps internal Modem. As you can see I'm not on the cutting edge,
> >
>
>
>   In theory, there's not much more to the hardware side than
> exchanging your existing modem for a faster one.

Sorry David, but the insides of a 486-era PB machine are highly proprietary.
Your theory holds true for most _standard_ PCs, but Packard Bell is an
animal all to itself.

Most/many PB machines from that era used a proprietary modem with a ribbon
connector to the motherboard.  They are not standard ISA boards.  It is much
more involved than simply exchanging the modem.

And even within PB, there is no "standard".  Depending on the model, there
are several different configurations of hardware and parts layout.