USRobotics 56K hardware PCI modem for $20 + shipping, good?

[spanky]

aren't hardware modems supposed to have jumpers? i don't see any jumpers in the pic.

 

[Yomicron]

there are 3 basic types of modems:
- Software Modem
- Controllerless Hardware modem ( no controller but does have a DSP )
- True Hardware modem

This one is a controllerless modem. Its the DSP that takes the most power to emulate, the controller requires relitivily little processing. But it probably still won't work in anything other than Windows.

 

[Derango]

<< aren't hardware modems supposed to have jumpers? i don't see any jumpers in the pic. >>



Hardware modems don't have to have jumpers. Thats like saying "Don't motherboards need to have jumpers? If it dosen't have any jumpers, it must not be a motherboard"

 

[dpid]

<< The best hardware based modem i ever used was still the USR 16-bit ISA card from long ago. Modems don't need a 32-bit interface, but the industry has eliminated the ISA bus. >>



true that.
i had that modem when it first came out. i used it with no problems for as long as i had ISA slots. none of my cheapo winmodems compared to it. when isa slots when out of fashion, it was time to sell it off to those who could use it.

 

[Underclocked]

USR ISA Hardware modems - 5687-03 has jumpers, 5687-02 has no jumpers. Basically the same modem otherwise.

 

[RBC]

Dear dragonlord2112:

That modem you mentioned... I fell for it and ordered it. The site said it was a hardware modem, the box said it was... It ended up being an Ambient HaM controllerless modem, POS.

 

[bockchow]

hmm, a year or two back i heard about the linmodem project. i've had broadband for over three years now so i haven't kept up on the project but i wonder how it's comeing along. still have freinds who can't get broadband in their area yet but they only run windows. anyway my point is that if your trying to get linux working on a dial-up connection but can't afford a hardware modem search linmodem on google and see what you can find.

 

[RBC]

I just peeled the intel sticker off, it's a 1999 era, Ambient MD5628D-L-B chipset.

 

[BD231]

It's not a hardware modem, 29XX are the only internal hardware modems USR sell's.

 

[waqasusman]

Hey dragonlord2112 and RBC,
could you install this modem on linux?
I don't think so, coz you said it was not a hardware modem, but someone said here that there is a kind of hardware modem that doesn't have a controller but does have a DSP, so may be....

I am currently using a 33.6k ISA hardware controlled modem, but now I am going to upgrade soon, I don't find any soket A board with DDR support having an ISA slot (there are a few that have an ISA, but use SDRAM only)

 

[Underclocked]

If any of you needing modems happen to still have an ISA slot, THIS is an excellent HARDWARE modem at an extremely good price.

 

[poolshark]

bdog321. I have found that the model 2976 and 2977 are the only hardware USR that are made and are very good modems

 

[wuhoo]

i am looking for a cheap (<$20) modem that is supported under winxp
any suggestions? i havent checked fleabay yet, but will do shortly

 

[Underclocked]

The USR 5610/a/b are the Performace Pro modems and are hardware modems. Have one in my machine now (but not using it ) That 5687-03 ISA modem at Directron that I linked above has probably been the most reliable, easiest to configure, and multi-OS compatible modem that I've encountered.

 

[rimshaker]

<< there are 3 basic types of modems:
- Software Modem
- Controllerless Hardware modem ( no controller but does have a DSP )
- True Hardware modem

This one is a controllerless modem. Its the DSP that takes the most power to emulate, the controller requires relitivily little processing. But it probably still won't work in anything other than Windows. >>



Hmm... i actually thought having an on-board DSP chip made it a hardware based modem. Correct me if i'm wrong. So what exactly does a 'True' hardware modem do as you put it?

 

[Scubaman]

Since we are on the topic of modems, I've turned my 3rd computer into a psuedo answering machine/email station and I am looking for a modem that has Caller ID functions. I got this piece of software that can email my cell phone with caller ID information when someone calls me. Its a nifty little setup, but my current modem doesn't support caller ID.


So if anyone can point me in the right direciton for a modem with caller ID functions please help out =)