On Fri, 12 Feb 1999 21:09:20 -0600 Larry Atlow <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>Charles M Yates wrote:
>>    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 ...
>
>This is news to me.  I will not tell you that whoever told you this is
>wrong, but this is the first I've ever heard of it.  To the best of my
>knowledge, modems are not processor dependent (with the exception of
>'Winmodems' because of processor speed).  Any modem that does not
>require some flavor of Windows and doesn't specify a processor type or
>speed SHOULD work with any PC it is slot-compatible with.  You should
>even be able to get a 56K modem to work with a 386 if it'll fit.

        It could very well be that he's being told that he needs a
certain processor and setup not because the modem requires it, but simply
because whatever bundled software requires it.  A modem is hardware and
nondiscriminatory.

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