56K Modem Suggestions

[ginkgo]

I am looking into upgrading to a 56K modem for my friend's system. He has an IBM Aptiva E40, 486, CyrixInstead MoBo, 48Mb RAM & Win95. I know that this is an old system and that there may be compatability problems with some of the modems out today. I alos, don't know whether to go PCI or ISA. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated

[rlpos]

Go with a ISA Hardware modem. It want use up your CPU

[gr8vfr]

I agree...
Get an ISA or go with an external.
They use less resources.

[CMonster]

External serial modem is your best bet. I highly recommend a Creative Modem Blaster, external of course.

[Roy]

I'm very happy with my Zoom PCI Hardware modem, V.90. ~ up to the point where I found that its upgradable EEPROM can't be upgraded to V.92. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/frown.gif

That said, I've seen excellent connect speeds and great performance from $10 PCI WinModems. It seems to depend on what is running in the background, line quality, and system capacity.

BTW ~ The industry considers the ISA buss to be obsolete. And not all external units are "hardware" modems.


[This message has been edited by Roy (edited 03-21-2001).]