I am sure he would not mind the gift of a real modem. He even talks about buying one if this winmodem will not work. If someone has one they want to give or sell cheap, if needed, that would certainly be welcome. In any case, he will gather the chipset information to allow pre-research to be done. I can do that research. Alan At 11:05 AM 9/18/02 -0700, you wrote: >Would adding a real modem be an option? I'm sure >somebody's got a pile of old 56Ks lying around.