On 31 Jul 98 at 0:52, Mark and Judith Walter wrote:

>   I just installed a PCI Aopen 56.6 modem ... the mouse cursor
> will stop or slow up for a second or 2 (utilizing too much CPU
> power?), after that it seem to work ok.

  I cannot seem to find information about such a modem from Aopen.
However, several inexpensive brands of 56K PCI modems appear to be
"WinModems" (that may be a USR trademark), which means that they rely
on a driver and the PC's CPU to do much of the work.  This *might* be
what you're seeing.

David G