PCMCIA is a bit like USB. It's just a standard type of connection found on some computers, particularly on laptops. What you usually plug into it is a plastic and metal card which might be a memory card, a WiFi transceiver or anything else you could connect to a compter that could be made the size of a PCMCIA card. It's a little bit bigger than a credit card but 3 times as thick. It usually has a thicker lump appended to the sticking-out end which contains the electronics that does it's job. I've also seen PCMCIA devices that are on the end of a long wire, just like most USB devices are, so really it's pretty much like USB when it boils down to it. Except that it's old hat now and I don't think you'll get it on any new machines.
Mark On 26 Jul 2007, at 01:28, tonysweeney wrote:
Hi All,There has been a lot of discussion re PCMCIA cards on another list lately.I am not sure that I know much about them. What are they and what do they do? I think that it is something to do with networking? Any response would be gratefully appreciated. I am proposing updating my computer hardware & softeware soon. All the best, Tony Sweeney.
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