[DuoList] Wireless options for 2400c?

[Daniel Palka]

What are you all talking about?  It has been discussed many times 
before.  Most Cardbus cards have a thicker key, that must be shaved off 
in order to physically fit into a non Cardbus cage.  They are NOT 
physically identical!!!  There is a difference!

This image is the best I have ever seen that makes it quite clear and 
obvious.  There is no debate, they are different:  
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/images/cbornot.jpg

This page describes the problems that may ensue when using a Cardbus 
card in a non Cardbus cage: 
http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Cardbus/Cardbus.html

On Mar 3, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Chris Jenkins wrote:

> Allow me to explain the situation for some clarification.
>    Cardbus is simply a faster 32-bit version of PCMCIA.  That is ALL.  
> There are 3 kinds of PC Cards, whether they be 16-bit or 32-bit 
> (cardbus).  Type I and II cards are the standard size and will 
> physically fit inside any laptop with a PC Card slot.  Type III cards 
> are double the thickness of standard cards and will only fit into 
> machines with a compatible slot.  Machines that have 2 slots are 
> advertised as having (2)TypeI/TypeII Slots or (1) Type III.   If you 
> insert a 32-bit(cardbus) card into a 16-bit slot it will do no 
> physical damage whatsoever.  It simply will not work.  Some cards can 
> autosense which type of slot they are in to function in either.  You 
> can get a non-cardbus wireless card that will function in older Mac 
> laptops, but yoou need to make sure it will do so before buying.
>
> C Jenkins
> Multi-Com, Inc.