21 Apr
2012
21 Apr
'12
10:37 a.m.
> [...] an ISA-to-PCMCIA (or possibly PCCard;
I'm unclear on the
> details of the differences) card [...]
PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card Industry
Association) became
People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms.
Yes, I've seen that. Of course, even PCMCIA proper long since ceased
to be about memory and became I/O in general....
So, they changed their usable unique name to PC-Card,
so that there
could be almost infinite confusion with every other product in the
world.
Well, I know some cards are mechanically different, so that a card of
type X can't be plugged into a socket of type Y (though the converse
works fine). I'm not sure which is X and which is Y - I thought one
was PCMCIA and one was PCCard, but I'm not sure of even that much - and
I'm not sure what the differences are besides mechanical, though I've
heard enough to make me think there are such differences.
You MUST get them off of your lawn! Cane them!
Indeed.
And don't get me started about "DB9" connectors!
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