Sounds to me either uneducated salesman or a store that pushes Winmodems
which use the processor to assist in operations and therefore are a strain
on system resources. A good "Hard" modem shouldnt have a problem with a 486
as far as I know....

David Olds

>   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

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