Hi, Circuit Cellar #107 (June 99) published a "Low-cost software modem" project, based on the Scenix 'virtual peripherals' already mentioned. Circuit Cellar #108 (July 99) published Myron Loewen's "Internet Appliance Interface" which uses a PIC and a cheap modem to dial an ISP, establish a connection and upload data... and don't forget http://www-ccs.cs.umass.edu/~shri/iPic.html the TCP/IP stack and webserver in a PIC. Later, Andy -- Andrew Errington Synaptics, Inc.