[DuoList] Wireless options for 2400c?

[Ralph Mawyer]

Daniel, FWIW and the fact this is the most discussion I've seen on here 
in weeks, folks have been placing all types of Type 1-3 PC cards in the 
2400 for years...as others have noted.

If a PC card can be easily slid in the slot then it will do no harm.  
Whether it works or not with a CardBus card depends on whether the 
CardBus circuitry has been activated.

That said, I have used two different brands of PC cards for 
transferring data from SmartMedia and Secure Digital memory cards to my 
Mac and found they varied in spec, i.e., one was a very tight fit.  
Once again, nothing to do with CardBus, but the fact that PC card 
manufacturers and PC card cage manufacturers may have variances in 
their various products...and if you get two at the opposite end of the 
variances, things may not fit.

Cheers...

On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:11 PM, Daniel Palka wrote:

> I definitely think you have this wrong.
>
> On Mar 3, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Chris Jenkins wrote:
>
>> These differences are between type I and II cards.  Cardbus has got 
>> nothing to do with it.  It is NOT a PHYSICAL specification.
>>
>>
>> CJ
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel Palka wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>
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