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On comp.sys.laptops, CBMChris <cbmchris@aol.com> asked: >>Has anyone jacked into a digital pbx phone system -- in a hotel or in a >>client's office -- with a PCMCIA modem and had it burn out? In response to which Joe Hummel <jhummel@cy4.ics.uci.edu> cited a Bill Macrone article in the 9/19/94 PC Week which claimed that the problem was common and proposed some gadget -- the Konnex modem adapter, from UnlimitedSystems (800-275-6354) -- to guard against it. I'd like to restate CBMChris's original question. Have followers of this newsgroup experienced this problem? What brand of modems were implicated? Conversely, are there people who have used PCMCIA modems in hotels on a regular basis without encountering the problem? (I'm distrustful of computer magazines. They are so advertiser-driven, and they always seem to think their readers should buy everything, usually in its latest and most expensive incarnation. I will be using my new TP500 and MHZ 14400 Fax modem in hotels. If it's really necessary, I'll buy the Konnex gizmo, but I'd like some feedback on the experience here first.) -- Parker Barss Donham | R. R. 1, Bras d'Or, | (902) 674-2953 (vox) pdonham@fox.nstn.ca | N.S., Canada B0C-1B0 | (902) 674-2994 (fax)