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06-12-2000, 11:30 AM
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Location: St. Paul, MN
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Is the modem blaster v. 90 PCI 56k modem made by creative a win modem? How do I tell?
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06-12-2000, 12:56 PM
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Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
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It's PCI, and has only one chip on it. It's a winmodem.
There are only 4 NON-winmodems that are PCI. Actiontech Multitech GVC USR/3com EVERY other PCI modem (unless there's a new one I don't know about) is a winmodem. Want (arguably) the best modem ever built? Get the Diamond Supra Express ISA, or external. ------------------ Who needs a life?, I have internet! Cheers, Jim Jim & Sue's Free Files | Jims Modems |
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06-12-2000, 08:13 PM
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Member (14 bit)
Join Date: Mar 1999
Location: Kelowna, B.C., Canada
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Supra Max is a Rockwell HCF chipset (single chip) Host Control Function softmodem.
Just fine for average (read AOL type) surfing, email on a Prickard Hell, but not for anything else. Supra Express is a Rockwell (Conexant) HARD modem, that uses the 6793 (I think) chipset (a REALLY good one too!) ------------------ Who needs a life?, I have internet! Cheers, Jim Jim & Sue's Free Files | Jims Modems |
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06-13-2000, 06:37 AM
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Member (6 bit)
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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hey reboot, i think you may have answered this once before; sorry if so, but what's the difference betweeen the diamond supra express and the supra max?
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06-13-2000, 07:08 AM
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Member (13 bit)
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Mt Washington, KY
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Supra Max is Winmodem. I know, I messed up and bought one real cheap about 3 months back. After all the publicity about Diamonds here, I was amazed at my good fortune to find one less than $20.00. I just saw Diamond and Supra and snached that puppy before someone else beat me to it. But as old P T used to say, "Theres one born every minute". And one more note, they're much more of a resource hog than my USR. It bought my ole' Compaq (60MHz) to a grinding halt. The USR ran decent in it.
Chas ------------------ I may not be much, but I'm all I think about. |
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06-13-2000, 07:41 AM
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The Gavel
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Upland, CA
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Hey AO,
If you go with a winmodem, you need a fast computer. As Confused said, they use cpu resources and you would not want to use one on a slower Pentium such as a P60 or P100, etc. I've use the Zoom winmoden on my P233 mmx and have been pleased with the performance. Now it's in my Cely 500 and works fine. But I don't use it for online gaming, just basic web surfing. In my opinion, Zoom makes one of the better winmodems and It works fine on the faster computers. ------------------ "To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves" |
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