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Pastimes : Dream Machine ( Build your own PC ) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1412)	6/18/1998 9:24:00 AM
From: Dave Hanson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

Faxmodems have the modem's main processor on board. This is how virtually all modems worked until companies started releasing Winmodems, which offload signal processing to the CPU. This offloading only works under windows, hence the term "winmodem." Manufacturers save a few $ on the manufacturing costs, and in theory, upgrading/updating processing instructions is a little easier, since it's in the software, not the firmware. But it means that your CPU has to deal with converting the analog signals into digital and back, which can lead to sporadic performance when the processor is heavily taxed. I would _not_ buy a winmodem. (Others feel free to add to this rather imprecise explanation.) Sorry the Epox manual wasn't more helpful. I can certainly understand your hesitation. If it still seems worth pursuing, you might try e-mailing ESC--I bet they'd answer you within a day or two tops. (FWIW, I don't think saving a 200 MMX processor is a very compelling reasons to stick with socket 7, with significantly faster and cooler AMD K6-266 chips running south of $100 and dropping. Then again, you could easily pop it in a super 7 board, and then pick up a K6-2 or even K6-3 (later this year) as the price drops further.)

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1412)	6/18/1998 12:37:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

>>What is the difference between a Winmodem and a Faxmodem? Is a Winmodem a "Windows" modem? US Robotics has both options, the FAX modem costs about $20 more. (both ISA)<< A Faxmodem uses facsimile transmission to transmit documents similar to a Fax machine. Of course the scanning and printing of the document is done differently. The document is stored as a bit map on your PC and it doesn't take many documents to eat up a lot of disk storage space.

To: Zeuspaul who wrote (1412)	6/18/1998 1:38:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Respond to of 14778

Zeus, Modems What is the difference between a Winmodem and a Faxmodem? Is a Winmodem a "Windows" modem? US Robotics has both options, the FAX modem costs about $20 more. (both ISA) a Winmodem is whats called a thin modem or shallow modem in hardware terminology. Basically what they do is take the error correction and compression functions off the hardware on the board and move into software under windows. Means winmodems use more of your CPU's mips than traditional modems. I would avoid them. They also don't work under dos/linux etc..... Sean