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Re: PCI modem problems
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Bryan Tyson <[log in to unmask]>
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PCBUILD - Personal Computer Hardware discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:57:51 EDT
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In a message dated 4/18/99 1:54:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Sami writes:

<<  it says that the modem will not functions properly on CPU's with slow
FPU's.
 what does a modem have to do with the cpu. >>

You evidently have a controllerless modem, also sometimes called a host-based
modem or winmodem. This type of modem relies on the main CPU for some of its
operation. Most PCI 56k modems I have seen are this type.

Bryan S. Tyson
Greenville SC

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