Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 21:48:13 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] List of ISA controller modem & NIC cards for L50/70
There are a lot of PCMCIA Winmodems. I found this link to a list of mdoems that have been tested for Linux compatibility. On the left edge in red, you'll see Winmodems that are listed as not being compatible: http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/pcmcia_list.html If you're saying that 32 bit PCMCIA modems are 'cardbus' by definition, that would help differentiating between ISA 16 bit and 32 bit cards on that list. It seems the list indicates of a modem is cardbus. Still, if it DOESN'T specify cardbus for a modem, I have no way of knowing if it was just left out of the description. Still, I've spent a couple hours going through modems listed on EBay and have comapared models to the list above, and the "Linux PCMCIA Supported Device List" file, and I've found few that I can really deternime are 16 bit controller modems. I'd like a card with a type 2 height, so I'll pass on the your Xircom model Raymond. There are a bunch of these Bromax EN10-T2T ethernet cards on EBay starting at $8.99USD: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2025240413 The fact that they're 10-Base-T would lead me to guess that they're 16 bit. But does 16 bit necessarily mean thay are controller cards. Still haven't found out if ethernet cards can be Win-ethernet cards. Thanks for the info on identifying the edges of the cardbus cards. That'll help if I go out shopping for one. Matt >From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] List of ISA controller modem & NIC cards for L50/70 > > >>It's a little tough tracking specs on these cards for sale on EBay. No >>one >>has compiled a list of ISA modem and NIC PC cards with hardware >>controllers >>that work well in the L50/70s, have they? > >Why would you need to? They'd ALL have hardware controllers (I've never >heard of a PCMCIA Win-<anything> ... someone correct me if I'm wrong). Your >main problem is if its Cardbus or 16 bit. > > >>I last asked here about these cards people have working in Linux. But >>I've >>realized that almost all of these cards will work well in Linux on the >>L50/70s as long as they are are ISA controller cards. > >Well the ONLY cards that'll work in L50/70 regardless of OS are ISA >controller cards. PCI/Cardbus won't work. > > >>So could I make a request of list members with L50s and/or L70s to give me >>a >>little feedback on the cards they've been using successfully? You can >>respond off the list unless you think the info is worth archiving: >> >># ISA 16 bit 56.6k controller modems >>Make: > >Xircom > >>Model: > >RealPort Modem 56 RM56V2 (note this is a type 2 card but type 3 height so >it'll only fit in the EPR). > > >>#ISA 16 bit network (controller?) cards >>Make: > >Bromax > > >>Model: > >iPort 10/100 (old version, the link and 10/100 lights are square in shape >and the network cable plugs in with the toggle towards the bottom ... the >Cardbus version has round lights and the network card plugs in with the >toggle on the top). > > >>I confess, I'm not sure whether or not NICs are built in both Win & >>controller versions. Thanks to Raymond and Skip for getting me started. >>I >>began looking at Bromax, 3Com, and Linksys cards on EBay, but had a really >>hard time trying to determine their specs. Four sellers responded to my >>questions saying they had no idea. > >Easy way to tell ... if the top of the connector end has a gold colored >strip with a row of 8 'bumps' on it, its Cardbus. Also, if you look at the >connector end, both Cardbus and 16 bit cards have 2 ledges on the left and >1 on the right however the height of the right hand ledge on a 16 bit card >is the same width as that on the left whilst on Cardbus its twice as high. >Thats why you can't fit a Cardbus card into a 16 bit slot. For instance: > >16 bit: > ________ _____ >|__ o o / / o o | > __| o o / / o o |__ >|________/ /________| <--- Same height on both sides. > > >Cardbus: > _____.__ __.__ <--- Bumps on the top of the connector. >|__ o o / / o o |__ > __| o o / / o o | >|________/ /________| <--- Double height on the right. > > >Hope this helps! > >- Raymond > >--- > > >/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ >| | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | >| ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. 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