[vicsireland] Re: PCMCIA cards
- From: "Flor Lynch" <florlync@xxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:32:43 +0100
You can also get PCMCIA adaptors that will take a CompactFlash card, i.e.,
you can put one CF card in the CF slot and another CF card in the PCMCIA (PC
Card) slot via the adapter.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Magennis" <Mark.magennis@xxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 10:51 AM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: PCMCIA cards
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.
>
>
Dr. Mark Magennis
Director of the Centre for Inclusive Technology (CFIT)
National Council for the Blind of Ireland
Whitworth Road, Dublin 9, Republic of Ireland
www.cfit.ie
mark.magennis@xxxxxxx tel: +353 (0)71 914 7464
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