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PCI Simple Communications Controller
I'm a long-time reader, first-time questioner. I have an old Dell Latitude laptop (Win2K) that I'd like to use essentially as an answering machine that forwards incoming messages by e-mail. I have a license for FaxTalk Manager, which I ran on an old Win98 desktop.

Previously, I had used the Zircom PCMCIA modem and a DLink NIC card with no problems. Now, I need to use them at the same time -- the modem to receive calls, and the NIC card to e-mail them out through the local network. When I tried to plug the phone line into the modem, I found that the "fat" end of the NIC card was in the way and I needed to swap their slots. When I plugged the modem into the bottom slot, the "Found New Hardware" process kicked in and siad I needed a driver for a PCI Simple Communications Controller.

Hardly "simple"! I've been to several sites like DriverGuide, but they never had an actual PCI S.C.C. driver -- just some modem drivers which advertised to have the PCI driver included. (Didn't work.) Soft32.com seems to have several versions of the driver (www.soft32.com, search on "PCI simple communications"), but when I click to download, it never gets past the "please wait" message and the Mirror sites -- even the Microsoft ones -- fail for one reason or another.

How frustrating!! Can I resolve this, or should I look into another option like Skype?

Thanks for reading.
Posted: 05/05/2007 @ 12:32 PM (PDT)
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humm pesky driver problems...CG IT | 05/05/2007 @ 01:13 PM (PDT)
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