[MLB-WIRELESS] RICOH Cards in PCI2.0 boxen

[Carl Johnston]

Like so:
	http://www.serc.rmit.edu.au/~paul/richoh.jpg

Regards,


Carl

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Carl Johnston
BiziWorks - Systems Administrator
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E: cjohnston at biziworks.com.au
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au]On Behalf Of
> fenn_b at smktech.com.au
> Sent: Tuesday, 11 June 2002 10:04 AM
> To: melbwireless at wireless.org.au
> Subject: RE: [MLB-WIRELESS] RICOH Cards in PCI2.0 boxen
> 
> 
> > The Airo-352 card moves in and out of the Belkin PLX adapter 
> > effortlessly.  I
> > guess even 1/2 a millimetre here or there can make all the 
> > difference.  When
> > trying to use just the ejector button, the whole casing 
> > starts to flex.  I
> > guess it needs a few insertion iterations to loosen it up.  
> > There are no bent
> > pins in either cradle.
> 
> One thing worth noting - The Ricoh adapters take cards upsidedown as to
> what I would have expected, and as to what they appear to from the
> design. The rear panel has the rails and a cutout "above" them (if the
> card is sitting on a table, cradle side up) - However, although for all
> intents and purposes it looks like the PCMCIA card should fit with the
> bulk of it sitting up into the cutout, this is not the case, they
> actually take the card the opposite way up. Confession: I had the same
> problem as described above, and found that if you flip them 180degrees,
> all if lovely in the world (incidently, not the problem with the IRQ's I
> was experiencing earlier which was independent) and the card slides in
> and out effortlessly.
> 
> So, too maybe make it clearer - If you had a Ricoh card sitting on a
> table with the carrier/chips facing upwards towards you, a PCMCIA card
> would go face down into the adapter. I would guess this is because PCI
> cards on most (all?) systems are mounted "upsidedown", so this allows
> the PCMCIA cards to mount face up.
> 
> I hope that was even vaguely helpful,
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 	Fenn.
> 
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