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

[francis.fitzpatrick at att.net]

It looks like this is just a memory reader (compact flash, etc.).  It does not 
specifically say that it will handle all of the other tasks that one can use 
PCMCIA cards for such as modems, Ethernet, GPS, etc.  And of course, this 
results in a BIG dongle ;-).  

A cursory Google search did not find anything other than memory readers.  

I'm think that I may wait for the 2d Generation 12 in PowerBook.  Apple has a 
history of making upgrades about 6 months after introduction.  That might be 
announced at the at NY MacWorld Expo.  (Anyone else thinking of going to the NY 
MacWorld Expo?)  

Is the upgrade likely to have a PCMCIA slot?  I don't think so just because the 
slot takes up so much real estate and this is probably PACKED.  The upgrade may 
have 800 Firewire though.  Just guessing.

FF
> 
> Ivan:
> 
> On the 2400, one can currently boot from an external PCMCIA drive, OS9 is
> known to work. I haven't experimented with booting OS10 externally, though
> the drive is mountable since 10.2. I believe one can boot from an external
> USB and FW drives with the New World firmware. Would someone please verify
> this?
> 
> http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/pocket_udd.asp
> 
> Here is a link of such a product. It supports both USB and Firewire. So
> this might just give enough incentive for one to migrate from a 2400 to
> the new 12" Powerbook.
> 
> jake
> 
> > 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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