Re: What to do with my PCMCIA-Slot?
Quoting Lee Bradshaw on Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 12:59:20PM -0500:
> On Mon, Nov 05, 2001 at 05:33:42PM +0100, Schoppitsch Dieter wrote:
> > So I have 2 questions:
> > * Does my Ethernet-card work if I put it in with force
> > ('file the edge' - I'm serious)?
>
> No. You probably have a 32-bit (Cardbus, PCI-like) card. It sounds
> like your laptop only supports the older 16-bit (PCCard, ISA-like)
> cards.
>
> The electrical connections on the card types are different and the
> physical difference prevents new cards from plugging into systems that
> don't support them.
>
> You can try to find a card that fits. It probably isn't worth paying
> extra for 100 Mbps since you'll be limited by the bandwidth (1/2 data
> width and slower) on the older bus.
>
> --
> Lee Bradshaw lee@sectionIV.com
> Texas Instruments bradshaw@ti.com
> GnuPG D8C3BBD2 CC08 D690 0B70 3C70 351E EB05 96A3 3789 D8C3 BBD2
>
>
> --
> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-request@lists.debian.org
> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org
>
I don't know if this is an alternative or not. I have used a pc to cf
adaptor and placed something like a socket lopower ethernet cf card in
the adaptor. The socket card is ne2000 compatible; in fact I use it on
my ipaq running familiar linux with great results. I wonder if an
adaptor would fit in the laptop?
--
Michael Perry | "Do or do not; there is no try" Master Yoda
mperry@lnxpowered.org | http://www.lnxpowered.org
Reply to: