[Duo2400] Re: PCMICA with the New Little G4 PowerBook

[Ivan Drucker]

I have no idea about these things -- I didn't know they existed. But I'd 
be quite confident that you can't boot off of a PCMCIA drive, because you 
can't boot off of any USB drive. You can of course boot from FireWire.

As for Ethernet, etc, while I won't get into what the point might be, how 
would they work? Ethernet cards don't work as is without a driver, so 
you'd need some driver that knows about the USB thingy AND about your 
Ethernet card. I mean, maybe I just don't understand and the adapter 
magically gives you PCMCIA slots which the computer natively sees as 
such, but I cannot imagine, technically, how that would work. Does 
someone have a URL for such a product that I could check out?

Ivan.
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>
>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?
>
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