Had a play with my newcs settings. Got the 0963 card running a little better
<device>
<name>Lower Cardreader</name>
<type>sci</type>
<mhz>500</mhz>
<node>/dev/sci0</node>
<parity>odd</parity>
<reset>normal</reset>
<export>yes</export>
<enabled>yes</enabled>
<blocksa>no</blocksa>
<blockua>no</blockua>
<blockga>yes</blockga>
<blockc0>yes</blockc0>
<boxkey>xxxxxxxx</boxkey>
<PTShandshake>yes</PTShandshake>
<crypto-special>no</crypto-special>
<carddetect>yes</carddetect>
<newcamd_port>15000</newcamd_port>
<autosid>Yes</autosid>
<Seca-PPV>Yes</Seca-PPV>
<pincode>0000</pincode>
<priority>round</priority>
</device>
Blockga stops the card being flooded with EMM's, i'm led to believe that the card will AU with these settings though can't confirm yet. This is with my TM500, card is luke warm. I might even try pushing it up to 600mhz maybe.
Rick