Any data coming into a drive has to pass through the device drivers of the operating system running the computer. It should therefore be quite possible to construct a driver shim which reports any answers desired to the higher software layers. Since the documentation of the system is public (the T.13 group I believe), this is not anywhere near as complex as some pieces of software. Ex: programs like VMWare virtualize all the hardware - virtualizing only part of the hardware shouldn't be too bad.... no1special ****** Free web-based/POP3 mail from turbosport.com, turbomail.tv, mailplanet.net, and webmailcity.com ****** To report SPAM mail please send an e-mail to spam@turbosport.com.