Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2001 08:25:15 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] LAN+Modem PC Card for only $59
At 04:08 PM 31/10/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 16:09:01 -0800 >From: carval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: LAN+Modem PC Card for only $59 > >3Com(R) LAN+Modem PC Card with either Type III integrated connector >or Autosensing XJACK(R) Connector for $59, click on > >http://w2.mailsubs.com/offers/enter.asp?SEID=16875077-2376 Note that the type III integrated connector will only fit in the enhanced port replicator and both cards are CardBus cards so they won't work in older Libbys. One hint, before you actually buy an XJACK connector, have a good play with one at your local computer store. Only buy it if you're SURE you're not going to break it! They are flimsier than they look and unlike a dongle cable they're impossible to replace if you break them ... at least with a Realport-style connector or a dongle, if someone trips on the cable they either pull the dongle out of the card or the card out of the computer with minimal damage. With an XJACK connector, because of the angle the cable makes with the card you've got an almost 99% chance of snapping off that connector before the card pulls out of the computer. We had one of those combo cards at work when they were trying to get us to switch from RealPort (we use Satellites which can afford to spare the type 3 height slot), in the 2 hours I played with it before I got thoroughly disgusted I managed to jam the mechanism 3 times (I was trying to simulate what would happen on the road if I needed to pack it up in a reasonably hurry - not to say I wasn't careful but its impossible to do that sorta thing rapidly ... its even easier to jam than say a Palm Portable Keyboard!) and the drivers ended up screwing up my Win95 setup so badly I had to totally reinstall networking (specifically the drivers I tested insisted on installing some other management stuff which really didn't like the inbuilt modem ... having said that this was when the XJACK combo card first came out). Besides which from reading that page I'm not sure the offer is even open to the general public anyway and certainly leaves us international peeps out in the cold :-/ ... IMHO you're better off with a slightly more generic brand but one that uses an inbuilt socket (the Bromax iPort series is generic but good, they have the sockets inbuilt like the Realports but they stick out slightly so they'll still fit in the type-2-only slot of the Libretto, downside is you DO have to take them out when you're not using them or they look funny). - Raymond --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------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 **************************************************************
