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Reading Sim Card Via Serial Port
Name: Jeff Date: December 1, 2003 at 20:20:39 Pacific OS: Win XP CPU/Ram: 833/256
Comment:
I have a sim card (the mobile phone kind) and i have a serial port sim card reader provided by a company that is no longer in business - i can only access the card through their old software that can't be updated - is it possible to access the card like a removable drive? (i.e. like I access my secure digital cards - through an explorer window)
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