how do you tell the difference soft/hard modems

[MARKBLACK]

How do you tell the difference between a hard and soft modem, as I bought and I paid a bit more for this modem, thinking it to be a hard modem. I asked for an hard modem because I was assumming these to be better because my processor is only a cyrix PR 200 and thought this modem help my struggling machine
markblack.



[This message has been edited by MARKBLACK (edited 07-07-2000).]

[Great_One]

Without knowing the brand of modem and the model the following applies:

If it external, its a hard modem
if its internal and uses an isa slot, its a hard modem.
if its internal and uses a pci slot its more than likely a soft modem, there are very few pci based hardware modems.


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Hmmmm, Never saw that happen before.

[MARKBLACK]

hi great-one the modem I bought is a
conexant hcf v.90 56k pci(Rockwell)
I was told by the store it is a hard modem
they said the only soft modems they sell
are motarola

markblack

[Great_One]

Congratulations
You have a soft modem.
Motorola is out of the modem business as well.
What the heck kind of store is this?



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Hmmmm, Never saw that happen before.