Sorry for submitting such a stupid problem to the list: cardctl output is: Socket 0: no product info available Socket 1: product info: "LT WIN MODEM", "PC card", "", "" function: 2 (serial) Happy new year to the list! P.S. any suggestion for a pcmcia TRUE modem? -- Alberto Maurizi ISAO-CNR a.maurizi@isao.bo.cnr.it via Gobetti 101 http://www.isao.bo.cnr.it/~abl/maurizi I-40129 Bologna, Italy Phone n. +39 051 639 9615 Fax n. +39 051 639 9658