@IdOp, Previous comments withstanding, I agree that this is how all PCI modems should have been designed.. but there are many oddballs.
As for the claims that a PCI modem would be faster then an ISA modem, going by sheer bus speeds, you're undoubtedly correct.
But.. I've never seen a dial-up modem exceed 20KB/ps, and the ISA bus could handle a fully saturated link at that rate.
For general reliability though, you're right.. a decent PCI implementation would be much better, it also allows for greater hardware independence. (i.e: it'll work in your sparc64,alpha,etc..).
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