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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

cd /etc/pcmcia

look at config and notice something about serial_cs
(cs - card services?)
look at start and this is a script that does insmod pcmcia_core, i82365, 
and ds, then cardmgr -o (configure cards and exit, see man cardmgr)

Type start

Look at dmesg and notice something about tty01 and IRQ3.
IRQ 3 is typically Com2.

Change pppsetup from ttyS0 (Com1, which I just used with the external 
modem) to ttyS1 (Com2)

(after a few other experiments such as tty01 and ttyS2 - which worked in 
the other laptop because Com2 was infrared something or other so the 
PCMCIA modem was Com3)

ppp-on - dials and connects and I telnetted here to write mail


Other references to cardmgr and pcmcia in the baslinux archives were for
PCMCIA networking.  I discovered that ibiblio.org also hosts lists for 
NAFEX (North American Fruit Explorers) and Seedsavers and some 
permaculture groups.  

Can I do file transfer via this PCMCIA modem and another computer with a 
modem, using pppd?  

Now if only the floppy drive would behave....  I had better install-to-hd 
before it dies altogether.

Sindi