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bagglo · 08-02-2001, 09:24 AM

glc,the old computer I am fixing for the granddaughter is Pent 166,the modem is a USR Sporster 33600 #00084005, it is an ISA slotted card, and for drivers I've not found a specific one for that model at USR website just groups made before and after 1996, I've tried then all , I am now using the one that says USR Sportster 33600 Fax PC, and it does not connect consistanly at the same speed, like mine does,this morning, its been at 9600 and now at 12200,from Sarge's info the line I have that machine on is NOT as clean as the line I have my machine on,so maybe that is as good as it gets,my granddaughter lives 50 miles away and in towm so maybe she'll get better line quality there, I did download a "modem booster" yesterday to my machine, that I was thinking of putting on her machine,but I hate that kind of programs ,they usually cause more problems that they fix , but it seems to have boosted my speeds two fold, this A.M. it says 26.51kb for "true speed" and I never get that kind of data transfer usually between 8-12 kb...you referred to harware jumpers on this modem, I'm not sure what they look like and can I do something with them, to make this card faster?? Thank you for all the help!

08-02-2001, 09:24 AM	#6
bagglo Member (8 bit) Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Tonto Basin, AZ (boonies) Posts: 173	glc, Thank you ! glc,the old computer I am fixing for the granddaughter is Pent 166,the modem is a USR Sporster 33600 #00084005, it is an ISA slotted card, and for drivers I've not found a specific one for that model at USR website just groups made before and after 1996, I've tried then all , I am now using the one that says USR Sportster 33600 Fax PC, and it does not connect consistanly at the same speed, like mine does,this morning, its been at 9600 and now at 12200,from Sarge's info the line I have that machine on is NOT as clean as the line I have my machine on,so maybe that is as good as it gets,my granddaughter lives 50 miles away and in towm so maybe she'll get better line quality there, I did download a "modem booster" yesterday to my machine, that I was thinking of putting on her machine,but I hate that kind of programs ,they usually cause more problems that they fix , but it seems to have boosted my speeds two fold, this A.M. it says 26.51kb for "true speed" and I never get that kind of data transfer usually between 8-12 kb...you referred to harware jumpers on this modem, I'm not sure what they look like and can I do something with them, to make this card faster?? Thank you for all the help!