[Duo2400] PCMICA with the New Little G4 PowerBook

[Jake Luck]

Has anyone here experimented with those USB PCMCIA reader adaptors? Which
one did you buy? Can you boot off external PCMCIA drives using this
adaptor? Does things like ethernet, modem work? etc.

jake

> Yes you can can use one of the USB  to PCMICA adapters.  However, its another thing
> dangling off the machine.  If you're on the plane and have to pick up the machine
> because the guy in the window seat is going to the loo (for the 4th time), having
> something else dangling off is just a pain.  Not to mention the decrease in speed going
> through the USB port.
>
> Anyone make a Firewire to PCMICA adapter?
>
> Francis
> >
> > Can't one use one of those USB based PCMCIA card reader to get the
> > functionality of a PCMCIA slot?