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Date: | Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:48:07 -0500 |
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At 22:07 12/2/98 -0500, Thanushan Kanagaratnam wrote:
>I am having trouble deciding between the 3Com V.90 PCI and 3Com V.90 ISA
>modem. Both modems have voice capabilities, and are OEM. According to my
>research they are not winmodems (may be wrong) and the PCI version seems
>to be cheaper than the ISA version, at least in Toronto (Ontario,
>Canada).
>I am currently thinking about building a new system next year, probably
>with 5 or 6 PCI slots which means it would have only 1 or 2 ISA slots,
>with a Slot A or Slot One processor.
If you will be short on PCI or ISA slots, why not get an external modem?
It would plug into one of your serial ports. I'm glad I did that, because
I'm seriously short on slots in my new PII-450 computer. The extra price
paid for the external modem was well worth it to me.
Regards,
Bill
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