[MLB-WIRELESS] PCMCIA to USB (Not cardbus)

[Clae]

At 7:59 AM +1100 11/2/2004, vk3jma at net2000.com.au wrote:
>Quoting Clae <clae at tpg.com.au>:
>
>  > Nope.  USB requires the 32 bit, PCI based Cardbus slot.  PCMCIA is 16 bit.

>so you are saying that those laptops which have Cardbus via a pcmcia slot are
>actually piping it through their internal PCI bus?

Yep.  Cardbus slots are part of the PCI bus.  This makes possible 
such things as the Magma PCI expansion chassis, which lets you use 
PCI cards on a laptop if you have the money.

Clae.

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