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

To: Dave Hanson who wrote (1413)	6/18/1998 1:43:00 PM
From: Sean W. Smith	Read Replies (2) \| 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 You got it. There is still a A/D, D/A, and DSP on the card for modulation but many of the other functions are offloaded to the CPU. Question: I seldomly ever see Tyan computer MB's mentioned here. I find them to have excellent support, good docs, and GREAT products. Have yall had bad experiences with them or just not familar with their products. They have manuals in PDF format on their web page and frequently issue BIOS revisions and bus master driver updates, etc... Sean