In Our Last Episode On 06:50 PM 2/12/99 -0600,Charles M Yates Our Hero Wrote...
> 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

That is nonsense. As long as you buy an internal modem(to be sure you have
a fast uart which is then on the modem card) and it is not a winmodem a 56K
modem will work fine. I have one in use on a 486 and it connects at 44-46 k
without any problem.

ken

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