Re: ISA vs PCI Modem
On Sat, Apr 24, 1999 at 12:20:56PM -0500, Nathan E Norman wrote:
> On 23 Apr 1999, John Hasler wrote:
> : Greg Scharrer writes:
> : > I am thinking about buying a 56k modem. I have a 28.8k modem. I know not
> : > to buy a Winmodem. I have seen ads for ISA and PCI modems. Is one kind
> : > better than the other?
> :
> : Multitech reportedly makes one PCI modem that is not a winmodem. So far as
> : I know all others are. I'd stay away from PCI modems.
>
> This will be difficult in the future as the ISA bus disappears - many
> new PCs have no ISA slots at all.
>
> IMO it's embarrasing that most PCI modem manufacturers are making them
> winmodems. Talk about cheap!
I'm not sure this is true. The PCI modem I bought last week is linux
incompatible; it uses shared memory instead of an I/O address and IRQ.
There's a Windows driver called the "modem enumerator", which emulates
a port for Windows apps to use. From what I read on the web, the shared
memory interface doesn't mean Winmodem; unfortunately, it's just not
really documented by the manufacturers.
Hamish
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