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On 23 Mar 98 at 22:14, Michi Imamura wrote:
> I have a friend who is desperate to add a modem to a modemless 386. I
> was wondering if any modem will work or do I need a special legacy
> modem. I have a Maxtech 33.6K modem with rockwell chipset. I don't want
> to waste my time trying to install a modem that won't work. My friend
> has a 386 with only 2Mb RAM. I know 386's can have modems but what is
> the limit? Is the Maxtech too advanced. My friend doesn't have the
> funds to purchase a new computer and just wants to be able to use
> Juno(a free e-mail provider). Any ideas?
His system probably doesn't do PnP, but a non-PnP modem should work
fine. Lately I've had good results with the Best Data 336F 33.6K
internal modem, with jumpers for COM1/2/3/4 and about 12 different
IRQ settings. I think it uses a 16-bit ISA slot; he might only have
an 8-bit slot free, and that may limit his choices. But that's the
only limitation I can see.
For an external modem, he needs a free serial port, of course.
With 2MB, he's probably not running Windows, and certainly not all
the time. I would avoid any "WinModem" model, as these will not work
from DOS or any other non-Windows OS. On the other hand, if he does
sometimes run Windows, the UART between CPU and modem should be a
16550A or better. Virtually all internal modems meet this criterion,
but if he wants to use an external modem then his existing serial
ports may only be 8250s and so a serial port card may be a wise
investment.
David G
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