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. ========================================== ||_|| (_ ||\ || ||)) \\.// ||)) || || (_ || '\|| ||\\ ]|[ ||)) * ========================================== ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] PCBUILD only works if you contribute. Send your messages to be posted to: [log in to unmask]