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I recently purchased a 3com combo 10bt-10b2 card, and it seems to be working fine with Easy Play. I have version 3.5 of the 3com drivers and v.1.01 of Easyplay. EasyPlay recognized the ethernet card right away when the ipx etc. drivers were not loaded, including hot-plugging. EasyPlay locked the computer quite effectively (even ctrl-alt-del was disabled) when the drivers were loaded. In the CS_HLPR directory of the 3com disk there are 2 files. One is a readme file which describes this problem. Apparently, the 3com uses an enabler-style driver which isn't good at communicating with card-services drivers. When card services are requested, the 3com drivers are automaticly turned off, locking your computer big time. They do provide a fix. Also in the CS_HLPR directory is a file called HELP_589.DOS. By loading this file onto your hard disk, and loading in in your CONFIG.SYS after the AUTODRV.INI, all conflicts are reconciled. I can now use the 3com card and EasyPlay with no problems. I assume that users of real operating systems don't have to bother with all of this whoii. Good Luck -Victor Kress