For old mac users, "MegaPhone" compatibility help

My old performa has just died. On the performa restoration CD is MegaPhone, phone calling/receiving software. It used my built in 14.4K modem. Would it work on a G3 900MHz iBook on the built in 56K modem? The performa was a Performa 6300, Processor: 603 100MHz. Help please, I use this software a lot!

I'm only posting this because I don't want a broken computer!

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