ISA 28.8k (56k) USR Winmodem - Junk under XP?

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Steve

I have an ISA slot Winmodem, is their a work around to use this under XP?
I only wish to use it for sending FAXes.

Regards

Steve
 
Steve said:
I have an ISA slot Winmodem, is there a workaround to use this under XP?
I only wish to use it for sending FAXes.
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Check into the manufacturer's WEBsite and see if there is an XP driver for
the modem. In lieu of that, try the Windows 2000 driver, if available.
If no go, purchase a new, XP certified modem; they're very inexpensive.
 
XP supports ISA devices, but it doesn't autodetect them, even if they're
Plug-and-Play ISA types. I successfuly used a (hardware) ISA modem under XP,
plus a legacy ISA SCSI controller.

You can try going through the hardware install wizard to the end, and using
it to manually install the modem. You can probably use generic drivers, if
you can't find the right ones from USR. (I admit that I don't know whether a
software modem is more or less tolerant of generic drivers than the hardware
mode I used.)

On the other hand, if you can live with a winmodem, a PCI replacement for it
ought to be cheap, perhaps even in the UK. Getting one of those would assure
that you can get up-to-date drivers.

Bob Knowlden

Address may be altered to avoid spam. Replace nkbob with bobkn.
 
A WinModem is junk under Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 95,
Windows 3.11.... ....

Well, you get the picture! It a cheap, crappy modem, no matter who
manufacturers it.

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Regards

Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

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Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-) said:
A WinModem is junk under Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows 98, Windows 95,
Windows 3.11.... ....

Well, you get the picture! It a cheap, crappy modem, no matter who
manufacturers it.
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Funny that. It worked fine for pretty much four years without trouble with
3.1wfwg, 95 and finally 98SE. Perhaps I'm just being mean wanting more
value out of it!

Happy New Year!

Steve
 
It's a "software" modem. It takes resources form your computer that can be
well applied in other places. Gee, you can get an honest "hardware" modem
for $40-50 dollars, $20-25 dollars at computer shows.

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Regards

Crusty (-: Old B@stard :-)

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