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

[Philip Lord]

I also have not heard of a USB to PCMCIA adapter. Does anyone have a 
web link?

Phil

On Sunday, January 12, 2003, at 07:10 AM, Ivan Drucker wrote:

> 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.
> ----------------
>
>>
>> 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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