Dell Inspiron 1501 "Express PCI" slot

[perryh at pluto.rain.com]

> Fed Ex delivered a Wistron Neweb CM9 Mini-PCI wireless nic to me
> ...
> Uhhhh, now I find that it won't fit in the PCI slot in my Dell
> Inspiron 1501 because Dell no longer uses standard sized PCI slots.
> They call them "Express PCI" slots.
>
> Does anyone know of an adapter that will mate the one to the other?

In principle, it "should" be possible to build a PCI-Express
card containing a PCI-Express to PCI bridge chip and one or
more PCI slots.  I have no idea whether such a device is
commercially available.

In practice, the combination might not fit in the box, and/or
the BIOS might not be set up to enumerate a PCI bus downstream
of the PCI-Express bus.