Time to retire PC Card (but not CardBus)

Andy Farkas andyf at andyit.com.au
Tue May 28 08:45:27 UTC 2019


On 28/05/2019 17:16, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
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> In message <CANCZdfpZtq8mhUZL=hhuw14kaifXC0hWZbxqtNpV4Wyq8v3GqQ at mail.gmail.com>, Warner Losh writes:
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>               usually
>                  v
>> 16 bit PC Cards have a smooth metal by the connector while 32 bit ones have
>> a coppery bumpy grounding strip by the connector.
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PCMCIA - People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms

-andyf

PS. I actually have a working DLink DFE-680TXD PC Card in my IBM 770x laptop
(the only way it can get ethernet access) but it was retired about 6 
years ago....



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