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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (2730)	10/3/1998 11:51:00 AM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

Together with the possibilities for IRQ conflicts (with the internal) it appears an external would be worth the extra money. Thank you for this information. I should have addressed the subject of IRQ conflicts in my previous post. But I didn't and I will now. With modern motherboards and for the majority of users IRQ conflicts are no longer a problem. This generalization applies if you only use the COM and LPT ports built into the motherboard and you only use PCI style adapters. However, if you need to use an ISA style adapter than you might have an IRQ conflict. As very few people need to use an ISA style adapter IRQ conflicts are no longer a problem for the majority of users. The reason is in modern motherboards when you only use the I/O ports built into the motherboard and PCI style adapters the BIOS can make all IRQs assignments without user intervention. Hence, unless you have an unusual situation don't make your choice on what modem to buy based on the possibility of IRQs conflicts. The main question to ask your self when buying an internal modem is how much performance am I giving up for the lower cost. The only answers I know to this question at the present time are trial and error or get lucky and find a web site or another person that can answer this question.