13 Jan
2002
13 Jan
'02
9:01 p.m.
I liked the looks of those dual PC-cards, and their apparent robustness. My
Toshiba notebook took 4 PC cards and would allow me to use my SCSI adapter
with two PC cards already in the system. My WInbook, however, has only two
PC-card slots, and it's often enough that I do need the SCSI adapter, but need
one but not both of the two functions. That's why I bought separate PC cards.
The modem in the Toshiba was a PC Card with that "X-Jack" that worked pretty
well, but one always worried about breaking it. The dongles are just as
fragile, however.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ethan Dicks" <erd_6502(a)yahoo.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 6:35 PM
Subject: Xircom NICs (was RE: OT: DELL SUCKS! Re: PC Gamer, best 50 classic
games issue?)
--- David Woyciesjes <DAW(a)yalepress3.unipress.yale.edu> wrote:
I wrote:
! >as-is 3c589 NICs... for $5, but no
dongle... a Xircom PS-CEM-28
! >(also no dongles).
Well, I have the Xircom 10/100 & 56k modem combo card, that has the
actual jacks buit into it. No dongles to worry about :-P
It's a nice card. I have one, but it has a problem... it's CardBus,
not PCMCIA - 32-bit vs 16-bit. Since I have machines like a PS/2-E
(quad PCMCIA), I have use for more than one NIC in a machine (I did
put 4 3C589s in it for use as a router on a development LAN at a small
start-up company I worked at last year - saved the company a bunch - got
laid off anyway - took my toys and went home).
-ethan
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