[ale] Modem help

[taliesin at babcom.com (Glenn Stone)]

> Hi all,
>     I am buying a new system and would like to buy a  modem. I saw a Lucent
> Chipset Actiontech modem that claims that it can support Linux at
> Microcenter. However its a PCI modem. Can someone tell me whether this modem
> will really work as ppl generally advice me to buy a full hardware ISA modem
> to use with Linux. Wouldnt using a PCI modem( provided Linux supports it )
> be lot faster than using an ISA one ?

Read the box.  If it says minimum CPU Pentium II, don't go there. 
If it says minimum CPU 486 or something suitably low, it's a real
modem and should work.  

-- Glenn, RHCE
(thanks to Vernard for pointing out that there are a FEW Real PCI Modems)