Bob,

I heartily agree with Dennis.  I have seen acceptable performance with
non-MMX 166 CPUs, so your PPro200 should have no problems.

As I have said in the past, you (anyone) can prove to yourself the "fact"
or fable behind the infamous "CPU hit" problem of winmodems......

Install the modem, connect to the net, then load the SYSTEM MONITOR (in
your accessories/system tools folder) and look at the CPU usage chart.
As a comparison, check the CPU usage with your current modem first.

Jim Meagher
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From: bdecker <[log in to unmask]>


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Dennis Noble <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Saturday, March 13, 1999 1:38 AM
>
>
>---------------excerpt-----------------------------
>>I feel as if the "winmodem" gets a bad rap because
>
>
>Hi,
>   Have just joined this list a few days ago and have seen all these pros
&
>cons about modems.  Just before joining I had ordered a $29.95  56K V 90
>modem from ClubMail which I have just now received but have not yet fully
>opened or installed.  Has FCC Ident H52PT-3017 and WIN5601/5601 Model #.
I
>find it listed on:
>
>Very informative site.
>http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
>J. Paul Jones
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>
>as a WINMODEM,  ISA non Linux OK.  I am not thinking of using Linux at
the
>moment.  I currently have a Sportster Voice 28.8 Faxmodem Model 1171 with
>33.6 Kbps data capability. System is non-branded, Intel 440FX MB Pentium
Pro
>200 with 128 megs mem, 11.5 gig  EIDE and a 4.3 gig SCSI HD. Using
Windows
>95 B.  In a rural area with one toll free ISP who has recently upgraded
to:
>48 aditional phone lines.... all the lines we are putting in will be 56K
>v.90 modems. (Supra's, I understand).
>   I currently download in the 2.7-3.3KBps range and the
>>Line test:
>>http://www.3com.com/56k/need4_56k/linetest.html
>reported lines support 56K Technology.
>   Still have 20 days to return if not suitable.  ---What's the advice?
>Bob Decker
>
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