[Q] Trying to read SIM cards from old phones, help?

Scary Guy

Senior Member
So I've got pretty much every old phone I've ever owned and they've all used SIM cards ever since I was on Cingular. I was thinking it would be neat if I could read some old numbers or just see what other data they have on them. Bought a multi-format card reader and the operating systems (Ubuntu and Windows 7) seem to detect it just fine. However I can't actually seem to be able to read any of the cards. It doesn't help that it came with no software or instructions.

I don't care what I have to do to get it to work, I just have no idea how and was hoping someone with more experience can point me (and hopefully other lost people) in the right direction.