Creative Labs Modem Blaster DI5660/3660 ISA Fax Modem Card 56K V.90 No Faceplate

Creative Labs Modem Blaster DI5660/3660 ISA Fax Modem Card 56K V.90 No Faceplate

The Creative Labs Modem Blaster DI5660/3660 is an ISA bus internal dial-up fax modem card designed for home and office desktop PCs. It connects to a standard phone line via RJ-11 and provides 56 Kbps data transfer using the V.90 standard, along with fax capability. This listing is for the bare PCB only — the rear faceplate and mounting bracket are missing.

Specifications & What's Included

• Brand: Creative Labs
• Product Line: Modem Blaster
• Model: DI5660/3660
• PCB Part Number: 245-5660 REV 1.0
• FCC ID: GX5USA-33277-M5-E
• Bus Interface: ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) — 16-bit gold edge connector
• Max Data Rate: 56 Kbps
• Modem Standard: V.90
• Fax Capability: Yes
• Phone Connectors: 2x RJ-11 jacks (line in / phone pass-through)
• Main Modem Controller: Creative-branded chip visible on component side; Motorola chipset visible on secondary side
• REN: 0.6B
• FCC Compliance: FCC Part 68
• Country of Manufacture: Japan (per label)
• What's Included: Bare modem card only — no faceplate, no mounting bracket, no cables, no software

Applications

The Modem Blaster DI5660/3660 is a late-1990s ISA internal modem from Creative Labs, the same company known for the Sound Blaster line of audio cards. ISA modems of this generation were standard equipment in desktop PCs running Windows 95, 98, and early Windows 2000, providing dial-up internet access and fax transmission over POTS (plain old telephone service) lines. The V.90 standard it supports was the last major dial-up protocol before broadband displaced dial-up as the dominant internet access method in the early 2000s. ISA slots were phased out of mainstream motherboards around 2000–2001 as PCI became the universal standard, making ISA modems like this a legacy item today. They remain relevant for industrial PC systems, CNC machines, legacy point-of-sale terminals, and vintage computer restoration projects that still use ISA-bus motherboards — particularly older PC/AT-compatible systems and 486/Pentium-era builds where a phone-line modem or fax capability is required.