This question might be better served on the compuhelp list at
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I have a ISA US Robotics 56K modem and am very happy with it myself.
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:31:48 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm interested in people's opinions on this topic, which comes up
> often
> and is a nagging concern to those whose systems came with a
> winmodem.
>
> Under what circumstances does the winmodem cripple performance and
> should
> be replaced by another winmodem brand or another "real" modem
> (which, as
> I see in ads, costs $50 and up)?
>
> [1]I hear that "winmodems" are worse than the regular ones (which
> cost
> over $50) because they load down system resources doing functions
> which
> happen in the regular modem's hardware.
> [2]Some winmodem brands are reputed to be much worse than others.
> which
> are which?
> (I have a Conexant SoftK56 PCI Modem(M).)
> [3]If you get a reasonable brand, and have a pentium class machine,
> many
> folks do not agree that one must "yank it out and throw it away.
> They say
> that is true for a 486 class machine, but a Pentium would be able
> to
> handle the load. Where are the CPU and RAM dividing lines on this?
> (I use the computer to surf the Internet with free ISP's, have
> Celeron
> 433 and 32 MB RAM.)
> [4]Getting the latest driver for the modem may improve the
> situation.
>
> thepccat
>
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