# Arachne and PCI modem

    Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 11:05:16 -0400 (EDT)
    From: Gregor J Jones
    To: Michael Polak

    ...
    BTW, Michael, my PCI modem works fine with Miniterm/Arachne 1.64. This
    modem is set on IOPORT D800, IRQ 10 by the BIOS, and all I have to do is
    insert these numbers in PPP setup. I have PNP Operating system set to "No"
    in the BIOS.
    ...
    Gregor Jones
    Boston MA

This e-mail indicates that it is possible to use PCI (=non ISA) internal modems with Arachne if they are not Winmodems. You (probably ?) have to disable Plug'n'Play for the requested IRQ in BIOS, and you have to set up Arachne to use "non-standard serial device" and manually enter the parameters of your PCI modem (in this case it is Irq 10, Base 0xd800, but of course it will be different for other modems). However, I haven't tested any PCI modem with DOS Arachne myself.

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