15 Jul
2009
15 Jul
'09
1:42 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Cameron Kaiser<spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
I have personally seen a 16-bit USB PCMCIA card, which
are much sought after
by older Mac laptop owners who do not have CardBus (such as 1400s, 5300s,
etc.). They are practically unobtanium, but they did exist.
Wow. Long ago, I wanted one of those for an older Dell laptop (before
that laptop was stolen from me at a hotel). The vendor FAQ for that
model (Latitude LM, IIRC) stated that there was *no* way to put USB on
it since it wasn't part of the mainboard chipset and the machine only
supported 16-bit cards.
I had no idea someone _did_ make one. I'm hardly surprised they are
extremely difficult to find.
-ethan