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Hi folks, I've been running a GVC FM144 PCMCIA FaxModem for a few months now, and until now have been very happy with it. It was $75 cheaper than the Megahertz, includes MNP10 capability, and has shown great tolerance for noisy phone lines. The problem is I have been using GVC's standalone DOS driver in lieu of IBM's standard socket/card services driver set. Now I'm considering adding an Ethernet card, and I want to start using the standard drivers so I don't suffer TSR proliferation (not to mention, I like the idea of not having to reset the machine after suspend to recover card function!). Loaded the latest version of EZPlay and accompanying socket/card services (downloaded from IBM BBS yesterday) for DOS and Windows, and observed the following: EZPlay detects the presence/absence of my modem card, but reports its status as "Not Ready", the card type as "Memory", and nothing for card information. I've contacted GVC tech support and they say the IBM drivers are no good, while IBM support says the GVC card doesn't follow the PCMCIA standard. It's a classic case of vendor support Catch-22. So, has anyone out there encountered similar problems getting IBM's socket/card services to recognize a card? All I hear about in the group is how perfect the plug-and-play is, surely I'm not the only one who's had headaches ... ? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tim Vetter 73 Warren Road, Kitchener, Ontario N2M4T6 CANADA vetter@hookup.net voice 519-579-9904 fax 519-571-9520