These differences are between type I and II cards. Cardbus has got
nothing to do with it. It is NOT a PHYSICAL specification.
CJ
Daniel Palka wrote:
What are you all talking about? It has been discussed many times
before. Most Cardbus cards have a thicker key, that must be shaved
off in order to physically fit into a non Cardbus cage. They are NOT
physically identical!!! There is a difference!
This image is the best I have ever seen that makes it quite clear and
obvious. There is no debate, they are different:
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/macdan/images/cbornot.jpg
This page describes the problems that may ensue when using a Cardbus
card in a non Cardbus cage:
http://www.wwc.edu/~frohro/Cardbus/Cardbus.html
On Mar 3, 2005, at 7:12 PM, Chris Jenkins wrote:
Allow me to explain the situation for some clarification.
Cardbus is simply a faster 32-bit version of PCMCIA. That is
ALL. There are 3 kinds of PC Cards, whether they be 16-bit or 32-bit
(cardbus). Type I and II cards are the standard size and will
physically fit inside any laptop with a PC Card slot. Type III cards
are double the thickness of standard cards and will only fit into
machines with a compatible slot. Machines that have 2 slots are
advertised as having (2)TypeI/TypeII Slots or (1) Type III. If you
insert a 32-bit(cardbus) card into a 16-bit slot it will do no
physical damage whatsoever. It simply will not work. Some cards can
autosense which type of slot they are in to function in either. You
can get a non-cardbus wireless card that will function in older Mac
laptops, but yoou need to make sure it will do so before buying.
C Jenkins
Multi-Com, Inc.
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