9 Dec
2009
9 Dec
'09
10:14 a.m.
On 12/9/09, Sridhar Ayengar <ploopster at gmail.com> wrote:
I know for a fact that there once was made a USB
interface for
non-Cardbus PCMCIA, because I have one. I would assume this card would
Just Work(tm) in an ISA->PCMCIA adapter.
What's the vendor and part number? I once had a Dell Latitude LM I
bought new in 1996 that was running Solaris 7 or RedHat Linux
depending on what disk I had installed (I recently saw the Solaris 7
disk for it in my box of 2.5" IDE disks). The Dell FAQ at the time
said that there was no way to put a USB port on the machine (I think
it was one of the last name-brand laptops to not have that
capability). For machines of that era, a PCMCIA (not-Cardbus) USB
adapter would be perfect, depending on driver support (i.e. -
something more than Win95 or Win98).
I have some interesting machines, like a Planar-brand 486-based
"medical PC" that's sort of like a wall-mount tablet or laptop - no
batteries, but has a built-in LCD, PCMCIA, one ISA, *external* IDE
CD-ROM interface (DB-44HD), external floppy (DB-25), that could use a
USB 1.1 interface for either external storage or unusual HID goodies.
-ethan