"Jose E. Dominguez" wrote:

> 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,

This is  a basic I/O routine initialized by the software (drivers)

> and must run in
> Windows. The hardware modem does the processing itself

By divine decree? I understand that the hardware modem uses the registries ( 1 sort of
memory) of the CPU

> 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.

This is the point that I was trying to convey. I agree that if he could upgrade with
the AMD; he could *improve* the performance.

Gerardo Medrano


> 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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