Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 11:04:43 -0400 From: "David Hettel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB
Ok Times change and all things become possible perhaps. You can not get USB 2.0 speeds, but if USB 1.1 speeds will work do a search for CF USB (Compact Flash cards, with an adapter will fit in a PCMCIA slot) and you will find three products listed. I believe it might be possible to get one of these working **IF** the OS you are running will support a USB card. These are all designed for PocketPCs so they do not come with windows drivers. David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Raymond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 21:40:08 +0800 > From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > > At 06:15 AM 30/05/2004 -0700, you wrote: > > >Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 15:12:56 +0200 (METDST) > >From: Jochen Frieling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] 16 Bit PC Card USB > > > > > > > I don't think it exists. > > > > > > You can use a Parallel-USB Cable. > > > > > > http://www.mcpb.com/html/usb.parll.cbl.html > > > >Sorry, but this one converts in the wrong direction. To use it, you > >already have to have a USB port and then you can connect parallel devices. > > > >I've done hours of searching but couldn't find a PCMCIA USB controller > >either. It's too bad that folks mix up the designations and use PCMCIA for > >Cardbus. Else there would be a slight chance of finding the needle in the > >haystack---if it existed. > > Hehe it gets even worse ... IIRC, PCMCIA is actually the association that > sets the standard so technically anything set by the PCMCIA (Personal > Computer Memory Card International Association) is a PCMCIA standard. The > cards that go into laptops are called PC-Cards of which there are the plain > old 16 bit PC-Card sockets, CardBus, ZoomedVideo and so-on (actually those > are all that I can think of but anyway ...), they're ALL PCMCIA cards. See > www.pcmcia.org/about.htm if you want the history ... they also oversee the > SmartMedia standard amongst other things (so I guess you could say a > SmartMedia card IS a PCMCIA card but that'd just add to the confusion ... > hehe). > > Now as for the USB thingo, there was discussion maybe a year or so ago on > this list about the topic and IIRC the conclusion reached was that 16 bit > PC card simply didn't have the capability for USB. I'm not sure if this was > supposed to be literal or an analogy but the discussion went along the > lines that the 16 bit PC card interface is equivalent to an ISA bus and a > CardBus interface is similar to PCI in the way it works ... from what I > understand, you can't get USB host controllers hooked up to an ISA bus. > > It's a real pitty ... it'd be real nice if the little L50/70's could have > USB ... ah well ... > > > - Raymond > > --- > > > /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ > | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | > | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | > | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| > | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | > | ICQ: 31756092 | Libretto IRC channel #Libretto on DALNet! | > \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.692 / Virus Database: 453 - Release Date: 28/05/2004 > > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://www.silverace.com/libretto/ - Archives -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
