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Yes, it's unlikely that a modem would require more bandwidth than the ISA bus provides. Also, most PCI modems are Winmodems which rely on the CPU to do most of their work, so ISA modems are ...
If you just want to use it for voice, just get the cheapest winmodem you can find. IIRC PCtel's softmodem runs its audio through your sound card, which is much simpler than most hardware modems ...
A cellular modem via USB is a "USB modem." On a card, it can be an "air card," "data card" or "broadband card." Generic terms are broadband adapter, broadband modem, cellular adapter and 3G, 4G or ...
The modem relies on the 3.3V power from the Mini PCI-e slot instead of the 5V from USB. No problem, just get a low-dropout 3.3V regulator and run that off the USB port.
In the mid-1990s (when modem speeds ranged from 28.8 kbps to 33.6 kbps), internal PCI modems became such a commodity that prices plunged and vendors began to ship modems as standard components of ...
Many PCI-X cards work just fine in PCI slots, no individual pin masking necessary. The 3.3V / 5V thing is more which IO voltage the card is using, and most cards are notched to work in either a 3 ...
The PCI standard can be used with many different shapes of connector, but most PCI wireless cards are designed to connect directly to the motherboard of a computer via an internal card slot. The ...