RE: dial-up vs. broadband
- From: "Chip Orange" <Corange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:33:04 -0400
Yes, some modems (many modems), especially those built into the mother
boards of pcs, use a sound chip to "simulate" a modem (these are often
called "win" modems). This takes a lot of cpu time to drive the sound
card to make it simulate the sounds a modem would make.
You can dramatically decrease the load on a system that has such a modem
by buying a hardware modem card and installing it, and disabling your
"win" modem. You'll find in such cases your system is perfectly
responsive while doing downloads, and as a small side benefit, such a
hardware modem is usable by dos applications (while a "win" modem is
not).
A hardware modem card can often be found for $20 or so.
Hth,
Chip Orange
Database Administrator
Florida Public Service Commission
Chip.Orange@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
(850) 413-6314
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> If you want to downloadsome programs via dial-up, it=20
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