Hi, More Martian talk? PCMCIA was an interesting idea as an interface for portable computers. Like all the others, the manufacturers messed it up and now there are others competing. So it would be nice to have a programmer into which we plug a PCMCIA card? Do you think the driver code for all those interfaces simply appear out of nothingness? Bob A. is quite correct about overkill! It is both technically unwise, but economically unmanageable. Or should MicroChip do it and quadruple the price of PICs? =========== Chuck Card in sunny Arizona Unlimited Sunsets -- > USB seems reasonable, but how about just supplying a PCMCIA port. Then you > could have your choice of serial, network, USB, firewire, or even wireless > LAN? A PCMCIA port on the device would be a bit of overkill. Yes, in fact such products are commercially available. I have a USB to serial converter that works with programs that use the Windows Comms API. -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.