Mike,

My sister has a 486 DX2 50 MHz and I put an AOpen 56k ISA modem in it with
no problems. She regularly gets connections in the high 40's to low 50's
kbps. A 486 is still a PC...I don't know why they would tell you that you
need a 486 compatible modem...I've never heard of that. You should be able
to configure it whether you have a 486, Pentium, AMD, or whatever.

Dennis Thiel

>Hi All,
>   I'm planning on putting together a 486 for my sister. When I went to
>the local parts store to buy a modem for it, they informed me that
>production of modems compatible with 486 computers had stopped. If
>necessary, I'll haunt the used parts store to get a 33.6 or 28.8, but
>first I decided to ask the gurus and wannabee-gurus on the list if there
>is a way to configure a 56k modem to work with a 486. It doesn't make any
>difference to me whether the modem is pci or isa. The system is as
>follows: 486dx4-100 cpu; 16 mb ram; win 95B os; 850 mb hard drive. Any
>help will be greatly appreciated. TIA
>   Yours,
>   Mike Yates

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