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Hello folks, Finally, I now have the 3com PCMCIA card working in slots 3 or 4 in the Thinkpad PCMCIA port replicator slots. The big breakthough was that 3com released new drivers. I got them via their BBS: (408) 980-8204, up to 14400 baud, N, 8, 1. The file was 3C589N.exe, and it was in their "New files" (or new uploads, whatever) section. It was dated Oct 94. It is a self extracting archive. I am using their 3C589.exe program (ODI packet driver), and everything seems cool with both the Port Replicator and with EZPLAY. Just remember to comment out the OPTION=IGNORE line in the Ethernet section of your \thinkpad\autodrv.ini file. Didn't have to add anything to my config.sys, didn't have to run any 3com configure program, just insert & login in. Finally, my ethernet card works with easyplay like my megahertz modem does! Note that this new archive also has odi, ndis, _and_ "clarkson" style packet drivers for the card. (the clarkson driver supposedly will not support re-configuration via card & socket services, but the ODI one sure appears to since it is working just fine with EZPLAY now). Have not yet tested everything (like suspend, etc), but what I have done looks great. Note that I am using the most recent release of ibm's pcmcia/ezplay stuff as well; got that from IBM's ftp site. ENJOY! I am! ,Todd =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Todd Tannenbaum email: tannenba@engr.wisc.edu Director of the Model Advanced Facility voice phone: (608) 262-3118 Computuer-Aided Engineering Center FAX phone: (608) 265-4546 University of Wisconsin-Madison