🚀 go-pugleaf

That was a concern in the days of 386s and 486s, but with the powerful
Pentiums today, it's not really much of an issue.



In article <s1sufa9924219@corp.supernews.com>, idduno@wudthehell.com 
says...
> I have been told by many techs that you should steer far away from ANY
> winmodem.  The main reason is that they use your computers' own system
> resources to run. (software based)
> 
> This can slow your computer down!  You will never go wrong with a HARDWARE
> based modem.  Lucent/Rocwell is an excellent choice.
> 
> My 2 cents....
> 
> Homer
> 
> 
> Melissa <MelissaS@Wdimensional.com> wrote in message
> news:RulT3.405$Og.652@wormhole.dimensional.com...
> > Some of you may remember the post I did here awhile back about my
> experiences
> > with the Amquest Rockwell HCF chip set Winmodem.
> >
> > I bought it back in March and later found out had one of the worst
> > reputations of any ever made. It dropped out on me all the time.
> >
> > But I later found out that not all Winmodems are bad, nor do they have to
> be
> > expensive to be good. It seems the Lucent DSP Mars chip set Winmodem is
> one
> > of the best modems made, and it's cheap. I bought one for $24 from an Ebay
> > seller at
> > <http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=166397142>
> > downloaded the latest generic driver for it at Lucent's site ( version
> 5.54
> > ), and haven't had a single dropout since. It's been nothing but great for
> > me.
> >
> > If I'm going to complain about the bad ones, I also want to praise the
> good
> > ones when I find them. This is a VERY good working modem for me.
> >
> > --
> > - Melissa   <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/>
> > To email me, remove the spam spoofing Caps on each side of the @
> >
> > If called upon, would you help?
> > <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/upanew.htm>
> >
> > Please boycott Orbital Sciences Corp.& American Express / First Data Corp.
> > until they do the right thing!
> > <http://www.dimensional.com/~melissa/jennifer.htm>
> 
> 
> 

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Dave Christian

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