Gerardo Medrano wrote:

> Dave Gillett wrote:
>
> > On 29 Jun 99, at 11:33, Mike Curtis wrote:
> >
> > > I am looking for a modem recommendation for a 486DX4 100.  It can be either
> > > ISA or PCI.
> >
> >   Because a 486 lacks the "horsepower" for a WinModem, I'd steer away from
>
> Is it this "lack of horsepower" because Winmodem use software resources instead
> of hardware (CPU) resources?

Not exactly. The software modem uses the CPU to do it's processes, and must run in
Windows. The hardware modem does the processing itself and can run in DOS since it
does not rely on Windows.

> If it is; maybe he needs a CPU upgrade for better
> performance.

A 486DX100 can't be upgraded to anything else, maybe a AMD 586-133MHz if the board
supports it. All he really needs is a hardware modem. I have the horsepower on all
my machines and still use a hardware modem, it's just better in my opinion.

HTH,

Jose

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