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The worst part about all this is that notebook manufacturers (last time I checked) didn't standardize which card goes where. Some slot 0 is on top, some on bottom. And some desktop adapter have more than 2 which breaks a ton of pcmcia cards. This is against standards of course. Chris DiBona -----Original Message----- From: Paul Khoury [SMTP:pkhoury@loop.com] Sent: Friday, December 05, 1997 12:46 AM To: hzkd0@eng.amdahl.com; Randal Whittle Cc: THINKPAD@cs.utk.edu Subject: Re: ThinkPad 560 questions >>3.1. How about connecting an external modem (regular PC modem) to the >> serial port? Any problems with this setup? > > Haven't done it, but the serial port supports 14550-type buffer chip, so I >don't foresee any problem in doing so. Actually, this doesn't sound like an existant chip. I think Randy meant a 16550, which I believe was invented by National Semiconducter. PK