Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 15:49:02 -0500 From: John Musielewicz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] L50 & USB?
On Wed, 26 Jun 2002 13:30:19 -0700, you wrote: >Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 03:34:46 +0800 >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] L50 & USB? > >> It might be possible but a driver wold have to be written. >> The 16 bit bus would have to be doubled in software to 32 bits. >> Its done sometimes with an 8 bit bus to get 16 bits and seems to >> work on 16 bit cards. Donno if it'll work for cardbus. Depends >> on if the actual pinout is differant on a cardbus and 16 bit slot. >> But as far as I know it isn't since the pcmcia revisions have all >> been in software since about 2.0 > >No personal experience of this, but I seem to remember reading somewhere >that a PCMCIA card into PCcard slot will (always) go (ie a PCcard slot is >100% backward compatible); a PCcard into PCMCIA slot won't go (ie if it's a >specifically PCcard-only card, it can/will be keyed so that it cannot >physically get into a PCMCIA slot) - the voltage(s) are (detected) >different(ly)? > Good point. I think I have also heard the cardbus card is shaped a little differantly plus they can be 3.3 volt. That could be gotten around though since a external power supply could be wired in so that the 5 volt pcmcia slot could switch from 3.3 to 5. That's saying cardbus uses the same pins for power but I don't see why not. I think 16 bit cards can be 3.3 volt too can't they? The 16 bit socket could be removed and a proper cardbus socket could be soldered in. ************************************************************** 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 **************************************************************
