Don, I know what you mean. I did lose one adapter about three years ago when I forced a CF card to go in the wrong way. The card bit the dust as well. So now I, too, am very careful when inserting cards into anything. <Smile>
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Don Bishop Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 1:24 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: RE: PCMCIA adapters RE: [Braillenote] a thought about wireless ac cess Sarah, Personally, I think it's a variance in the adapter itself. It's really easy to bend the pins in those things if you're not careful. I think that sometimes they will still make just enough contact to work, but that contact may not really be solid enough for good results with something like a wireless card which does draw significant power. If that power happens to be down a little, it may still work, but the signal strength could be less and therefore not as reliable. So, I'm really careful when putting a card into the adapter I'm using. I've actually lost a couple of adapters because of bent pins internally caused by accidently putting the card in incorrectly. Don ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
